OXYHYDROGEN

Etymology

Adjective

oxyhydrogen (not comparable)

Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and oxygen.

Noun

oxyhydrogen (uncountable)

(chemistry) A potentially explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen

Source: Wiktionary


Ox`y*hy"dro*gen, a. Etym: [Oxy- (a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas. Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.

– Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone under a current of oxyhydrogen gas.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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