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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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