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lost-wax process

[ lawst-waks, lost- ]

noun

, Metallurgy.
  1. a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lost-wax process1

1930–35; translation of French cire perdue

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