metallography

[ met-l-og-ruh-fee ]

noun

1. the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.

metallography

/ mɪˌtæləˈɡræfɪk; ˌmɛtəˈlɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the branch of metallurgy concerned with the composition and structure of metals and alloys
2. a lithographic process using metal plates instead of stone; metal lithography

Derived Forms

• metallographic, adjective
• meˌtalloˈgraphically, adverb
• ˌmetalˈlographer, noun

Other Words From

• metal·logra·pher metal·logra·phist noun
• met·al·lo·graph·ic [m, uh, -tal-, uh, -, graf, -ik], me·tallo·graphi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of metallography¹

From the New Latin word metallographia, dating back to 1870–75. See metallo-, -graphy

Example Sentences

A new art called Metallography has been discovered by Nicholas Zack, a lithographer at Munich, by means of which designs that have hitherto been engraved on wood can be put directly upon metal, and in such a manner as to be printed from.

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M. Zach has given to his discovery the title of Metallography.

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The science of metallography has been developed in the past 25 years, and aided by precise methods of measuring temperature, has done much to systematize the information which we possess on metallic alloys, and steel in particular.

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Advantage has been taken of a reprinting to revise, extensively, the portions of the book relating to the modern science of metallography.

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Associated words: metallic, metallurgy, metallography, metalliferous, metalliform, metalline, metallist, metallurgical, metallurgist, alloy, lode, dross recrement, bimetallic, bimetallism, monometallic, monometallism. minerals, n. pl.

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