oxyhydrogen

American  

[ok-si-hahy-druh-juhn] / ˌɒk sɪˈhaɪ drə dʒən /

adjective

1. pertaining to or involving a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen.

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noun

1. a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen, used in a blowtorch for welding steel plates or the like.

oxyhydrogen British  

/ ˌɒksɪˈhaɪdrədʒən /

noun

1. 1. a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen used to provide an intense flame for welding

   2. ( as modifier )

      an oxyhydrogen blowpipe

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Etymology

Origin of oxyhydrogen

First recorded in 1820–30; oxy- ² + hydrogen

Example Sentences

But the oxyhydrogen jet is now employed in many factories for the welding of metals.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

Drummond Light, an intensely-brilliant and pure white light produced by the play of an oxyhydrogen flame upon a ball of lime, so called from the inventor, Captain Thomas Drummond.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

The oxyhydrogen flame has a temperature of about 2000� C., hot enough to melt fire-clay.

From Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science by Corbin, Thomas W.

The test showed that the oxyhydrogen section worked fine.

From Hanging by a Thread by Garrett, Randall

At three minutes to 7 the engineers and conductor come on board; the former to place the powerful oxyhydrogen charge in the great breech-loading tube, the latter to close the doors against ingress or egress.

From The Dominion in 1983 by Centennius, Ralph