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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To coat (a metallic surface) electrolytically with a protective or decorative oxide.

Wiktionary

  1. v. to coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. to coat a metal with an oxide coat by electrolytic action at an anode; -- used especially to coat aluminum.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. coat a metal with an oxide coat

Etymologies

  1. anod(e) + -ize. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Zinn writes how to anodize aluminum at home and then that GT appears.”

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  • “Car Insurance Online cornmeal resynchronize anodize Isolde doubtless”

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  • “And Iraq had bought a couple of hundred thousand of these tubes in the 1980s for rockets, and it didn't anodize them, and they corroded away.”

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  • “Only way to fix this is to completely disassemble the thing and re-anodize the shell.”

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  • “External surfaces are finished with black hard anodize for excellent corrosion resistance, with other colors and CARC (Chemical Agent Resistant Coating) paint available upon request.”

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  • “The aluminum frame is created from aircraft aluminum to build a strong yet light body, it is polished or glass-bead blaster, and then anodize coated to make it rugged.”

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  • “Major components are constructed from T6061 Aluminum with a hard anodize finish, internal components made from alloy steels, heat treated to Rockwell 52 for long lasting strength and durability.”

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  • “Machined from T6061 Aluminum with a hard anodize finish and steel threads for strength and durability the QK01 is a valued upgrade.”

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  • “Apparently our pals over at Computer Choppers have made it their mission in life to color anodize and metallic plate anything and everything that can be anodized or plated.”

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  • “Fischer offers complete range of hand held coating thickness gauges ideally suited for measurements of paint, powder coating, plating and anodize. coating thickness gauges measure over ferrous, non-ferrous, or both ferrous and non-ferrous substrates”

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