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metallurgy

[ met-l-ur-jeeor, especially British, muh-tal-er-jee ]

noun

  1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  2. the technique or science of making and compounding alloys.
  3. the technique or science of separating metals from their ores.


metallurgy

/ mɛˈtælədʒɪ; ˈmɛtəˌlɜːdʒɪst; ˈmɛtəˌlɜːdʒɪ; mɛˈtælədʒɪst /

noun

  1. the scientific study of the extraction, refining, alloying, and fabrication of metals and of their structure and properties
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


metallurgy

/ mĕtl-ûr′jē /

  1. The scientific study and technology of extracting metals from ores, refining them for use, and creating alloys and useful objects from them.


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Derived Forms

  • metallurgist, noun
  • ˌmetalˈlurgic, adjective
  • ˌmetalˈlurgically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • metal·lurgic metal·lurgi·cal adjective
  • metal·lurgi·cal·ly adverb
  • met·al·lur·gist [met, -l-ur-jist, m, uh, -, tal, -er-jist], noun
  • nonmet·al·lurgic adjective
  • nonmet·al·lurgi·cal adjective
  • nonmet·al·lurgi·cal·ly adverb
  • unmet·al·lurgic adjective
  • unmet·al·lurgi·cal adjective
  • unmet·al·lurgi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of metallurgy1

1695–1705; < New Latin metallurgia < Greek metallourg ( ós ) working in metals, mining + New Latin -ia -ia. See metall-, -urgy
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Example Sentences

By contrast, petroleum engineering and metallurgy degrees promise median earnings of $120,000 and $80,000.

Not many aspiring early childhood educators would change course once they learn they can earn more in metallurgy or mining.

But it was not in its direct application to metallurgy that coal was destined to produce its most amazing effects.

He had gone to a technological institute, where he had made himself master of the theory and practice of metallurgy.

In all other parts Teutsch reigns; and Schlesien is a green abundant Country; full of metallurgy, damask-weaving, grain-husbandry.

This treated of the modern subjects of geology, metallurgy, and mineralogy, as well as the chemistry of minerals.

The production of copper facsimiles by the electric current is called electrotype, and is the oldest branch of electro-metallurgy.

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