metallurgy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

/məˈtæl.ə.d͡ʒi/ /ˈmɛt.əˌlɝ.d͡ʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-metallurgy.wav

metallurgy metallurgies

From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “miner”).

metallurgical metallurgist

archaeometallurgy biometallurgy electrometallurgy hydrometallurgy metallurgic nanometallurgy powder metallurgy pyrometallurgy thermometallurgy

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