Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals.
- noun The study of metals and their properties in bulk and at the atomic level.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of smelting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
science ofmetals ; theirextraction fromores ,purification andalloying ,heat treatment , andworking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the science and technology of metals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The grease thus collected has several applications: in metallurgy, for lubricating machinery, and in pharmaceuticals.
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A 62-year-old car enthusiast with little interest in metallurgy, Lynch planned to sell it for salvage — until he happened to see a TV documentary about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that what he actually had was an approximately-4. 6 million-year-oldrelic from outer space.
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A 62-year-old car enthusiast with little interest in metallurgy, Lynch planned to sell it for salvage — until he happened to see a TV documentary about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that what he actually had was an approximately-4. 6 million-year-oldrelic from outer space.
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A 62-year-old car enthusiast with little interest in metallurgy, Lynch planned to sell it for salvage — until he happened to see a TV documentary about meteorites on the Travel Channel and realized that what he actually had was an approximately-4. 6 million-year-oldrelic from outer space.
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Among the different groups of craftsmen that existed prior to colonization, those who specialized in metallurgy and feather art were considered the true artists and the most important within the larger group of artisans.
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Among the different groups of craftsmen that existed prior to colonization, those who specialized in metallurgy and feather art were considered the true artists and the most important within the larger group of artisans.
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Among the different groups of craftsmen that existed prior to colonization, those who specialized in metallurgy and feather art were considered the true artists and the most important within the larger group of artisans.
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Thats why Jim Lloyd who has a degree in metallurgy and worked at ASARCO now works for DEQ as an "Environemntal Engineer" and wanders around the state clueless.
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Her scientific development in metallurgy, radar, computers is noteworthy, and her knowledge and understanding of nuclear science has progressed far beyond earlier appraisals.
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There is current, I know, the opinion that every technologist in metallurgy, chemistry and physics is capable of carrying on research and achieving success in it.
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