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Wollaston wire

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noun

extremely fine wire formed by a process Wollaston process in which the metal, drawn as an ordinary wire, is encased in another metal and the two drawn together, after which the outer metal is stripped off or dissolved.

Etymology

Origin of Wollaston wire

see origin at wollastonite

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