Definition of "pyrogenic" []

• Producing or produced by fever. (adjective)
• Caused by or generating heat. (adjective)
• Of or relating to solid rock formed from molten rock; igneous. (adjective)

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• "The fragmentation of these pyrogenic communities and suppression of natural fire has resulted in changes to plant species composition and diversity."
• "Forest fires, mining, reindeer herding, and small-scale logging followed by little to no replanting of harvested trees, has caused much of the area to regenerate into pyrogenic tundra landscapes rather than forests due to the underlying permafrost layers."
• "This, however, is not sufficient to establish the pyrogenic origin of all crystallized paraffine, as crystals can be obtained from the amorphous residues by distillation at normal or reduced pressure or in"