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metallurgy


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Metallurgy  \Met"al*lur`gy\,  n.  [F.  m['e]tallurgie,  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  metallurgy 
  n  :  the  science  and  technology  of  metals 




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