pyrolysize

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Formed as pyrolysis +‎ -ize; compare pyrolyse, wherethan pyrolysize is better formed.

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pyrolysize (third-person singular simple present pyrolysizes, present participle pyrolysizing, simple past and past participle pyrolysized)

  1. (transitive) To subject to pyrolysis.
    • 1982: T. Nejat Veziroğlu, Alternative Energy Sources IV, volume 6: “Hydrocarbon Technology”, page 134 (Ann Arbor Science; →ISBN, 9780250405596)
      The time duration of 18 hours was sufficient to completely pyrolysize the oil shale samples.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo pyrolysis.
    • 1995, Avelino J. González, editor, Monitoring and Diagnosis of Turbine-Driven Generators, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 177, →ISBN:
      Unfortunately, indirect monitoring of internal heating of the core through the GCCM may not always be possible because the inorganic insulation material used by some manufacturers has such a high heat resistance that it will pyrolysize only at very high temperatures.