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METALLURGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The science and technology of metals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("metallurgy" is a kind of...):
science; scientific discipline (a particular branch of scientific knowledge)
Domain member category:
pole (deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole)
alloy (make an alloy of)
alloy; debase (lower in value by increasing the base-metal content)
beneficiate (process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction)
faggot; fagot (fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them)
fine (free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of purity)
rich (high in mineral content; having a high proportion of fuel to air)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "metallurgy"):
powder metallurgy (the metallurgy of powdered metals; how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering)
Derivation:
metallurgic; metallurgical (of or relating to metallurgy)
metallurgist (an engineer trained in the extraction and refining and alloying and fabrication of metals)
