intermetallic compound

[ in-ter-mi-tal-ik, in- ]

/ ˈɪn tər mɪˈtæl ɪk, ˌɪn- /

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noun

a compound of two or more metals.

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Origin of intermetallic compound

First recorded in 1895–1900; inter- + metallic

He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound.
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Less than 30 minutes after the firefight started, commandos entered the compound and found the mortally wounded hostages.
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They say that the Israelis framed him in order to light the powder keg of religious war over the al-Aqsa compound.
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The Holy City, specifically the al-Aqsa compound, has been the flashpoint for the latest round of conflict.
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Now the lead breacher explained how he cut through the steel doors bin Laden used to seal himself into the compound at night.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
They held the compound against repeated assaults, and lost several men in hand-to-hand fighting.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Passing a bungalow that was blazing furiously, he saw in the compound the corpses of two women.
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The body of a young woman was found in the compound outside my bungalow, done to death in precisely the same way.
Uncanny Tales|Various
The compound was washed on the fifth of May, and a grain of gold weighing one and one-half reals was obtained.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various