metallurgy
noun
the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
metallurgically
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a word derived from
metallurgy.
Example Sentences
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“New copper projects are becoming more remote, are becoming deeper and are becoming metallurgically more challenging,” O’Sullivan said.
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 2, 2011
The "fragments" in question will be analyzed metallurgically for the purpose of ascertaining precisely what metal they contain.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
Its steel-hardening qualities are more effective than those of tungsten, but it is more difficult to control metallurgically.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
The rearrangement of the metals by the deeper migration of the zinc, also renders them metallurgically of less value with depth.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Herbert Hoover
