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1. (n.) alloy
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
2. alloy
a less costly metal mixed with a more valuable one.
3. alloy
standard; quality; fineness.
4. alloy
admixture, as of good with evil.
5. alloy
anything added that serves to reduce quality or purity.
6. (v.t.) alloy
to mix (metals or metal with nonmetal) so as to form an alloy.
7. alloy
to reduce or debase by admixture; adulterate.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < MF aloi, OF alei, n. der. of aleier to combine < L alligāre to bind up =al-al - +ligāre to bind (see ally , ligament ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alloy, metal
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
"brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
2. (verb) admixture, alloy
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
3. (verb) debase, alloy
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
4. (verb) alloy
make an alloy of
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) alloy
any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam
2. (verb) alloy
the quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness
3. (verb) alloy
a baser metal mixed with a finer
4. (verb) alloy
admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy
5. (verb) alloy
to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
6. (verb) alloy
to mix, as metals, so as to form a compound
7. (verb) alloy
to abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
8. (verb) alloy
to form a metallic compound
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Sense: a mixture of two or more metals.
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 Afrikaans: allooi |
 Arabic: سَبِيكَة، أشابَه، خَلِيط |
 Bulgarian: сплав |
 Brazilian: liga |
 Czech: slitina |
 German: die Legierung |
 Danish: legering |
 Greek: κράμα |
 Spanish: aleación |
 Estonian: sulam |
 Farsi: آلیاژ |
 Finnish: seosmetalli |
 French: alliage |
 Hebrew: סַגסוֹגֶת |
 Hindi: मिश्रधातु |
 Croatian: legura |
 Hungarian: ötvözet |
 Indonesian: campuran logam |
 Icelandic: málmblendi |
 Italian: lega |
 Japanese: 合金 |
 Korean: 합금 |
 Lithuanian: lydinys |
 Latvian: sakausējums |
 Malay: aloi |
 Dutch: allooi |
 Norwegian: legering |
 Polish: stop |
 Persian: آلیاژ |
 Pashto: مخلوط |
 Portuguese: liga |
 Romanian: aliaj |
 Russian: сплав |
 Slovak: zliatina |
 Slovenian: zlitina |
 Serbian: legura |
 Swedish: legering |
 Thai: โลหะผสม |
 Turkish: alaşım |
 Taiwanese: 合金 |
 Ukrainian: сплав |
 Urdu: بھرت |
 Vietnamese: hợp kim |
 Chinese: 合金 |
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