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metallurgy

metallurgy

6 7.4
The study of metals and how they are made pure
  • noun
  • /məˈtæl.ər.dʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : metalurgia
  • The study of metallurgy involves understanding how different metals behave under extreme conditions.
  • ferrous metallurgy
  • Powder Metallurgy
  • surface metallurgy

He had his PhD in metallurgy from the University of Delft in the Netherlands.

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Examples

  • This was a result of their superior metallurgy and an early adoption of iron working.

  • He had his PhD in metallurgy from the University of Delft in the Netherlands.

  • I made that for my metallurgy class.

  • I studied a bit of metallurgy myself at the state university.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • You can see the distinct difference in metallurgy between the tip and the body here.

  • For example, in the Metallurgy Institute, degrees are offered in metallurgy, physics, chemistry, computer science, applied mathematics, business, and other fields.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Although there is much evidence of metallurgy throughout early Iron Age Israel, archaeologists never find workshops.

    Academic text (2011)
  • How and when Africans developed iron is important because metallurgy is considered a crucial marker in the shift to complex societies.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Some of the most important applications of field-ion microscopy are in metallurgy.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Colin Humphreys, a Cambridge University professor of metallurgy, is testing a long-lasting light bulb that could completely change light bulb use.

    Academic text (2000)

Compounds

powder metallurgy
  • Specialized
7.2

A way of making solid metal parts by pressing and heating metal powder without melting

Surface Forms

metallurgy singular
metallurgies plural

Morphology

metallurgy = metal (semi-transparent) = metal + urgy

The word clearly contains 'metal' but the combining form '-urgy' ('work' or 'practice') is obscure to most learners, so the precise technical sense ('science and processing of metals') may not be fully inferable.

Etymology

The word metallurgy breaks into metal and -urgy, where -urgy comes from an old Greek word meaning 'work'. So metallurgy means 'working with metals', which is why it is the science and practice of making, shaping and purifying metals.