pyrometallurgy

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noun

Any process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.

OriginEnglish metallurgy ← Latin pyr ← Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) →
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Meanings

nounpyrometallurgy (countable and uncountable, plural pyrometallurgies)

plural pyrometallurgies

  1. countableuncountableAny process that uses high temperatures to transform either metals or their ores.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Latinpyr
  5. Englishpyro-
  6. Englishmetallurgy
  7. Englishpyrometallurgy

From pyro- + metallurgy.

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Translations

Italian pirometallurgia
  • pirometallurgiametallurgical process
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APA

pyrometallurgy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgy

MLA

“pyrometallurgy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pyrometallurgy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pyrometallurgy.

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