metallide

[ met-l-ahyd ]

/ ˈmɛt lˌaɪd /

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verb (used with object), met·al·lid·ed, met·al·lid·ing.

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.

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Origin of metallide

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

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