Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The use of electric and electrolytic processes in metallurgy and in purifying metals or electroplating.
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- noun The
deposit of ametal coating on a preparedsurface byelectrochemical means, as inelectroplating andelectrotyping .
Etymologies
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electro- + metallurgy
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Examples
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A very beautiful instance of applied science to art is electrometallurgy, in which metals are deposited by means of the galvanic battery in any required form or shape, and this process of gilding and plating is executed with marvellous rapidity.
Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair
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From the American Electro Chemical Society: Joseph William Richards, professor of Electro-Chemistry at Lehigh and author of numerous works on electrometallurgy.
Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914
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