Wollaston wire

noun

1. extremely fine wire formed by a process Wollaston process 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wollaston wire¹

wollastonite

Example Sentences

About 1810, he invented a technique for producing platinum wire as fine as a few millionths of an inch in diameter, that has since been known as “Wollaston wire.”

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