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metallurgy
CIDE DICTIONARY
metallurgy, n. [F. métallurgie, fr. L. metallum metal, Gr. a mine + the root of work. See Metal, and Work.].
The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
metallurgy, n. the science concerned with the production, purification, and properties of metals and their application.
Derivative
metallurgic adj. metallurgical adj. metallurgically adv. metallurgist n.
Etymology
Gk metallon metal + -ourgia working
ROGET THESAURUS
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N inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.Also see definition of "metallurgy" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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