metallurgy

[ met-l-ur-jee or, especially British, muh-tal-er-jee ]
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noun
  1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.

  2. the technique or science of making and compounding alloys.

  1. the technique or science of separating metals from their ores.

Origin of metallurgy

1
1695–1705; <New Latin metallurgia<Greek metallourg(ós) working in metals, mining + New Latin -ia-ia. See metall-, -urgy

Other words from metallurgy

  • met·al·lur·gic, met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
  • met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
  • met·al·lur·gist [met-l-ur-jist or, especially British, muh-tal-er-jist], /ˈmɛt lˌɜr dʒɪst or, especially British, məˈtæl ər dʒɪst/, noun
  • non·met·al·lur·gic, adjective
  • non·met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
  • non·met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·met·al·lur·gic, adjective
  • un·met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
  • un·met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb

Words Nearby metallurgy

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How to use metallurgy in a sentence

  • This treated of the modern subjects of geology, metallurgy, and mineralogy, as well as the chemistry of minerals.

  • The production of copper facsimiles by the electric current is called electrotype, and is the oldest branch of electro-metallurgy.

British Dictionary definitions for metallurgy

metallurgy

/ (mɛˈtælədʒɪ, US ˈmɛtəˌlɜːdʒɪ) /


noun
  1. the scientific study of the extraction, refining, alloying, and fabrication of metals and of their structure and properties

Derived forms of metallurgy

  • metallurgic or metallurgical, adjective
  • metallurgically, adverb
  • metallurgist (mɛˈtælədʒɪst, ˈmɛtəˌlɜːdʒɪst), noun

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Scientific definitions for metallurgy

metallurgy

[ mĕtl-ûr′jē ]


  1. The scientific study and technology of extracting metals from ores, refining them for use, and creating alloys and useful objects from them.

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