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metallurgic

metallurgic

1 7.7
Relating to the science and processing of metals
  • adjective
  • /ˌmɛtəlˈɜrdʒɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : metalúrgico
  • Anatsui distances himself from any perceived metallurgic spell by ensuring that it is the installer who determines this final stage.

Examples

  • Today, almost all underground mining is for metallurgic grade coal for steel production.

    Blog text (22)

  • The metallurgic coal from that mine was headed to China.

    Blog text (19)

  • The north offered less expensive textiles and metallurgic products, cereals, timber, and Norwegian stock fish.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Bird Twelve says its metallurgic recon analysis is a standard alloy, not stealthy, not carbon-composite.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Since just about all the nearby steel mills in the Ohio River Valley (WV/OH/PA) have closed, the market for Appalachian metallurgic coal is now thousands of miles away in China.

    Blog text (19)

  • Or if not smithies, per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts - before straitened circumstances... forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?

    O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

  • And to persist with the metallurgic metaphor, everybody knows that when a mind is superheated, recast, and recooled, it will be even more brittle than before.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Alluding to metallurgic and mineral refinement, he suggests that through the application of heat generated by fire, the imperfections of his honor can be transmuted into perfect matter, gold: PREFORMATTED TABLE

    Academic text (2002)

  • The engineers conducted metallurgic tests to determine the strength of the new metal alloy.

  • Her research focused on metallurgic processes that improve the durability of steel.

Synonyms

metallurgical
vsmetallurgic
  • Specialized
6 7.7

Relating to the study and processing of metals like iron and copper

is the broader term for anything involving the science and technology of metals

Surface Forms

metallurgic positive

Morphology

metallurgic = metallurgy (transparent) = metallurgy + ic

The adjective is formed from the noun 'metallurgy' with the productive suffix '-ic', so the relation is directly understandable.

Etymology

The word metallurgic comes from Greek roots metallon 'metal' and ergon 'work', the same idea in the simple English word metal. So metallurgic means 'about the work of metals' and refers to the science and processes used to study, shape, and refine metals.