metallurgy

Etymology

From French métallurgie, from Ancient Greek μεταλλουργός (metallourgós, “miner”).

noun

  1. The science of metals; their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.
    Fowler was also interested in metallurgy and the use of new materials that could withstand greater stresses, something he expounded on when giving his presidential address to the new Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1927. December 29 2021, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 59

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