metallurgy
pronunciation
How to pronounce metallurgy in British English:
UK [məˈtælədʒi]
How to pronounce metallurgy in American English:
US [ˈmetəlɜːrdʒi]
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- Noun:
- the science and technology of metals
Word Origin
- metallurgy (n.)
- 1704, from Modern Latin metallurgia, from Greek metallourgos "worker in metal," from metallon "metal" (see metal) + ergon "work" (see organ). Related: Metallurgical; metallurgist.
Example
- 1. Diana chen 's late grandfather , lu dong , was china 's metallurgy minister in the 1960s and 1970s .
- 2. A postgraduate metallurgy student who spoke good english explained that he could not compare his research with a fellow student in say , london or los angeles , because the system would not let him .
- 3. But if amazon thinks I 'm interested in cookbooks , it 's not very likely to show me books about metallurgy .
- 4. Mr idrisov says rt also has promising firms in areas such as electronics , optical instruments and metallurgy , many of them doing a mix of military and civilian work .
- 5. Levy , an anthropologist , first came to southern jordan in 1997 to examine metallurgy 's role in social evolution .