slovodefinícia
pyrotechnic
(encz)
pyrotechnic,pyrotechnický adj: Zdeněk Brož
Pyrotechnic
(gcide)
Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
Fire, Technical.]
Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
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Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.
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pyrotechnic
(wn)
pyrotechnic
adj 1: of or relating to the craft of making fireworks;
"pyrotechnic smokes" [syn: pyrotechnic,
pyrotechnical]
2: suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity";
"a pyrotechnic wit"
n 1: (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a
low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate
areas or send signals etc. [syn: firework, pyrotechnic]
podobné slovodefinícia
pyrotechnic
(encz)
pyrotechnic,pyrotechnický adj: Zdeněk Brož
pyrotechnical
(encz)
pyrotechnical,pyrotechnický adj: Zdeněk Brož
pyrotechnics
(encz)
pyrotechnics,ohňostroj n: Zdeněk Brožpyrotechnics,pyrotechnika n: Zdeněk Brož
pyrotechnický
(czen)
pyrotechnický,pyrotechnicadj: Zdeněk Brožpyrotechnický,pyrotechnicaladj: Zdeněk Brož
pyrotechnic device
(gcide)
firework \fire"work`\ (f[imac]r"w[^u]rk`), n.
1. A device for producing a striking display of light, or a
figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the
combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner,
as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various
salts; also called a pyrotechnic device. The most common
feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled
with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or
cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a
great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored.
The skyrocket is a common form of firework. The art of
designing fireworks for purposes of entertainment is
called pyrotechnics. The name firework is also given to
various combustible preparations used in war.

2. pl. A pyrotechnic exhibition; an entertainment consisting
of the discharge of fireworks[1]. [Obs. in the sing.]
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Night before last, the Duke of Richmond gave a
firework. --Walpole.
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Pyrotechnical
(gcide)
Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
Fire, Technical.]
Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
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Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.
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Pyrotechnical sponge
(gcide)
Sponge \Sponge\ (sp[u^]nj), n. [OF. esponge, F. ['e]ponge, L.
spongia, Gr. spoggia`, spo`ggos. Cf. Fungus, Spunk.]
[Formerly written also spunge.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or
Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.
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2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny
Spongiae (Keratosa), used for many purposes, especially
the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable
sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,
and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinacious and
indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically:
(a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and
after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the
agency of the yeast or leaven.
(b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition.
(c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked.
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5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a
discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with
sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped
nap, and having a handle, or staff.
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6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering
to the heel.
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Bath sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges, especially Spongia equina.

Cup sponge, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form.


Glass sponge. See Glass-sponge, in the Vocabulary.

Glove sponge, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia
officinalis}, variety tubulifera), having very fine
fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies.

Grass sponge, any one of several varieties of coarse
commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted,
as Spongia graminea, and Spongia equina, variety
cerebriformis, of Florida and the West Indies.

Horse sponge, a coarse commercial sponge, especially
Spongia equina.

Platinum sponge. (Chem.) See under Platinum.

Pyrotechnical sponge, a substance made of mushrooms or
fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then
put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again
dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder,
brought from Germany.

Sheep's-wool sponge, a fine and durable commercial sponge
(Spongia equina, variety gossypina) found in Florida and
the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and
smaller tufts, having the oscula between them.

Sponge cake, a kind of sweet cake which is light and
spongy.

Sponge lead, or Spongy lead (Chem.), metallic lead
brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by
compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary
batteries and otherwise.

Sponge tree (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia
Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are
used in perfumery.

Toilet sponge, a very fine and superior variety of
Mediterranean sponge (Spongia officinalis, variety
Mediterranea); -- called also Turkish sponge.

To set a sponge (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour,
to be used in leavening a larger quantity.

To throw up the sponge, to give up a contest; to
acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring,
the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds
throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat; -- now,
throw in the towel is more common, and has the same
origin and meaning. [Cant or Slang] "He was too brave a
man to throw up the sponge to fate." --Lowell.

Vegetable sponge. (Bot.) See Loof.

Velvet sponge, a fine, soft commercial sponge ({Spongia
equina}, variety meandriniformis) found in Florida and the
West Indies.

Vitreous sponge. See Glass-sponge.

Yellow sponge, a common and valuable commercial sponge
(Spongia agaricina, variety corlosia) found in Florida
and the West Indies.
[1913 Webster]Pyrotechnic \Pyr`o*tech"nic\, Pyrotechnical \Pyr`o*tech"nic*al\,
a. [Pyro- + technic, technical: cf. F. pyrotechnique. See
Fire, Technical.]
Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them.
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Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.
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Pyrotechnician
(gcide)
Pyrotechnician \Pyr`o*tech*ni"cian\, n.
A pyrotechnist.
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Pyrotechnics
(gcide)
Pyrotechnics \Pyr`o*tech"nics\, n.
The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of
fireworks; pyrotechny.
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pyrotechnic
(wn)
pyrotechnic
adj 1: of or relating to the craft of making fireworks;
"pyrotechnic smokes" [syn: pyrotechnic,
pyrotechnical]
2: suggestive of fireworks; "pyrotechnic keyboard virtuosity";
"a pyrotechnic wit"
n 1: (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a
low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate
areas or send signals etc. [syn: firework, pyrotechnic]
pyrotechnical
(wn)
pyrotechnical
adj 1: of or relating to the craft of making fireworks;
"pyrotechnic smokes" [syn: pyrotechnic,
pyrotechnical]
pyrotechnics
(wn)
pyrotechnics
n 1: (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of
music)
2: the craft of making fireworks [syn: pyrotechnics,
pyrotechny]

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