metallurgical

[met-l-ur-jee or, especially Brit., muh-tal-er-jee]

met·al·lur·gy

[met-l-ur-jee or, especially Brit., muh-tal-er-jee]
noun
1.
the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
2.
the technique or science of making and compounding alloys.
3.
the technique or science of separating metals from their ores.

Origin:
1695–1705; < Neo-Latin metallurgia < Greek metallourg(ós) working in metals, mining + Neo-Latin -ia -ia. See metall-, -urgy

met·al·lur·gic, met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
met·al·lur·gist [met-l-ur-jist or, especially Brit., muh-tal-er-jist] , noun
non·met·al·lur·gic, adjective
non·met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
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non·met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
un·met·al·lur·gic, adjective
un·met·al·lur·gi·cal, adjective
un·met·al·lur·gi·cal·ly, adverb
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metallurgy (mɛˈtælədʒɪ, US ˈmɛtəˌlɜːdʒɪ)
 
n
the scientific study of the extraction, refining, alloying, and fabrication of metals and of their structure and properties
 
metal'lurgic
 
adj
 
metal'lurgical
 
adj
 
metal'lurgically
 
adv
 
metallurgist
 
n

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