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☆ metalliding [met′ə līd΄iŋ ]n.a method of creating alloy coatings on the surface of a wide variety of materials by electrolytically diffusing metals and metalloids into the surface
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metalliding — ☆ metalliding [met′ə līd΄iŋ ] n. [< METAL + IDE + ING] a method of creating alloy coatings on the surface of a wide variety of materials by electrolytically diffusing metals and metalloids into the surface … English World dictionary
metalliding — metˈalliding noun A high temperature electrolytic technique for creating metal alloys on the surface of metals • • • Main Entry: ↑metal … Useful english dictionary
metallide — /met l uyd /, v.t., metallided, metalliding. to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal. [1965 70; METALL +… … Universalium
metallide — ˈmed.əlˌīd, etəl transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: obsolete metallide, noun, a binary compound of metals, from metall + ide (I) : to diffuse (atoms of a metal or metalloid) into the surface of a metal by electrolysis in order to impart a… … Useful english dictionary
met|al|lide — «MEHT uh lyd», transitive verb, lid|ed, lid|ing. to subject (a metal) to metalliding: »Molybdenum, for example, is a relatively soft metal; when boron is metallided into it, the resulting surface alloy is apparently second in hardness only to… … Useful english dictionary
met|al|lid|ing — «MEHT uh ly dihng», noun. a process of strengthening the surface of metals by diffusing the atoms of one metal through high temperature electrolysis into the surface of another. The resulting surface alloy is harder than any mechanically applied… … Useful english dictionary
