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Webster 1913 Edition

Thermolysis

Ther-mol′y-sis

(thẽr′mŏl′ĭ-sĭs)

,

Noun.

[

Thermo-

+ Gr.

λύειν

to loose.]

(Chem.)

The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat.