metallide

American  

[met-l-ahyd] / ˈmɛt lˌaɪd /

verb (used with object)

metallided, metalliding

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.

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Etymology

Origin of metallide

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