metallurgy : Idioms & Phrases

E*lec`tro-met"al*lur`gy noun

Definitions

1. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty.

Webster 1913

• noun the metallurgy of powdered metals; how to produce solid metal objects from powdered metal by compaction and sintering
  

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