metallide

[ met-l-ahyd ]

verb (used with object)

, met·al·lid·ed, met·al·lid·ing.

1. to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metallide¹

1965–70; metall- + -ide ( def ); perhaps originally a noun, variant of metalloid