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pyrotechny

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pyrotechny/ˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)-/

▶noun

1 historical the use of fire in alchemy.

2 another term for pyrotechnics.

– origin C16: from Fr. pyrotechnie or mod. L. pyrotechnia, from Gk pur ‘fire’ + tekhnē ‘art’.

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