eupyrionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /juːˈpɪɹi.ən/

名詞

eupyrion (plural eupyrions)

1. (archaic, historical) A device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match.
   • 1830, Michael Faraday, Chemical Manipulation:

     A flint and steel, with matches, or, what is far better, an eupyrion, should always be conveniently placed in the laboratory, and near to it a candle and candlestick

参照

• “eupyrion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.