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    METALLURGY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The science and technology of metalsplay

    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)

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