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lost-wax process
[ lawst-waks, lost- ]
noun
, Metallurgy.
- a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lost-wax process1
1930–35; translation of French cire perdue
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