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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pyrotechnics, pyrotechnynoun

    the craft of making fireworks

Wiktionary

  1. pyrotechnynoun

    The manufacture and use of fireworks.

  2. pyrotechnynoun

    The use of fire in chemistry and metallurgy.

  3. pyrotechnynoun

    The manufacture and use of gunpowder, bombs etc.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pyrotechnynoun

    The art of managing fire.

    Etymology: pyrotechnie, Fr.

    Great discoveries have been made by the means of pyrotechny and chymistry, which in late ages have attained to a greater height than formerly. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

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  1. pyrotechny

    Pyrotechny is the science or art of making, using, or exhibiting fireworks or other similar combustible materials. It also involves the production of various types of effects such as light, smoke, sound, or heat, typically for entertainment and celebrations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pyrotechnynoun

    the use and application of fire in science and the arts

  2. Pyrotechnynoun

    same as Pyrotechnics

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. pyrotechnie.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pyrotechny

    The science of artificial fire-works, including not only such as are used in war, but also those intended for amusement.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. pyrotechny

    Is the art of preparing ammunition and fireworks for military and ornamental purposes. (See Ammunition.) Military fireworks comprise preparations for the service of cannon ammunition, and for signal, light, incendiary, and defensive and offensive purposes. The term composition is applied to all mechanical mixtures which, by combustion, produce the effects sought to be attained in pyrotechny. The preparations for the service of ammunition are slow-match, quick-match, port-fires, friction-tubes, and fuzes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pyrotechny in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pyrotechny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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