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investment casting

American

noun

Metallurgy.

a casting process in which an expendable pattern is surrounded by an investment compound and then baked so that the investment is hardened to form a mold and the pattern material may be melted and run off.

Etymology

Origin of investment casting

First recorded in 1945–50

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As a result, getting Tpoxx is complicated and involves contacting a state health department or the CDC and having a patient fill out an informed consent form, which takes an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022

Dazzled by her new brother and his confidence in her, Mei agrees to do everything she can to free him, though, strangely, none of this action involves contacting the British media or working the Internet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2014

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