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De - Pt| English Dictionary: metallurgy | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Metallurgy \Met"al*lur`gy\, n. [F. m[82]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. | |
