Alloy
noun
A metal made by mixing two or more metallic elements together.
Stainless steel is an alloy consisting of iron and chromium.
Often appears as...
- stainless steel alloy
- aluminium alloy
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Technical
verb
To mix metals together to make an alloy.
Copper and tin are alloyed to make bronze.
Often appears as...
- alloyed the metals
- alloyed with tin
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Technical
noun
A thing that weakens or undermines something else.
His temper was an alloy to his intelligence.
Often appears as...
- his temper was an alloy
- an alloy to his character
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Formal, Disapproving
Literary
noun
A metal made by mixing two or more metallic elements together.
Stainless steel is an alloy consisting of iron and chromium.
Often appears as...
- stainless steel alloy
- aluminium alloy
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To mix metals together to make an alloy.
Copper and tin are alloyed to make bronze.
Often appears as...
- alloyed the metals
- alloyed with tin
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A thing that weakens or undermines something else.
His temper was an alloy to his intelligence.
Often appears as...
- his temper was an alloy
- an alloy to his character
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in scientific and engineering contexts when discussing materials.
In aerospace engineering, titanium alloys are crucial for building aircraft parts.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Composition
Always refers to a specific mixture of metals, rather than a single metal.
The jeweler preferred working with a gold-silver alloy for its unique color.
Pro Tip 3/3Qualities Matter
An alloy's properties depend on the metals used; they can be hard, lightweight, etc.
The new alloy was much lighter, making the racing bikes faster.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in scientific and engineering contexts when discussing materials.
In aerospace engineering, titanium alloys are crucial for building aircraft parts.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Composition
Always refers to a specific mixture of metals, rather than a single metal.
The jeweler preferred working with a gold-silver alloy for its unique color.
Pro Tip 3/3Qualities Matter
An alloy's properties depend on the metals used; they can be hard, lightweight, etc.
The new alloy was much lighter, making the racing bikes faster.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Term
Used mainly in scientific and engineering contexts when discussing materials.
In aerospace engineering, titanium alloys are crucial for building aircraft parts.
Pro Tip 2/3Specific Composition
Always refers to a specific mixture of metals, rather than a single metal.
The jeweler preferred working with a gold-silver alloy for its unique color.
Pro Tip 3/3Qualities Matter
An alloy's properties depend on the metals used; they can be hard, lightweight, etc.
The new alloy was much lighter, making the racing bikes faster.
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Everything around you...
who were not engineers. It was an artisan who knows how to make things and an artist who knows how to make things beautiful. Working with them, we created one of the best yarns in the world, which consists of thin metallic alloys wrapped around with polyester fibers and cotton fibers.
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The evolution of the...
turpentine, and walnut oil. And what about font size and type? The earliest movable type pieces consisted of reversed letters cast in relief on the ends of lead alloy stocks. They were handmade and expensive, and the designs were as different as the people who carved their molds.
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How fake handbags fund...
It said "Full training given and some international travel." Within a week, I was creating my first of many aliases, and in the 10 years since, I've investigated fake car parts, alloy wheels, fake pet grooming tools, fake bicycle parts,
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Bending Steel with Your...
past and into the future and it feeds the world few among the millions know this we are the few who tends the ribbon of fire that ribbon of fire is of course steel the fertility of this man-made alloy is staggering it's
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What is metallic glass?...
Because metal atoms crystallize so rapidly, scientists had to cool the alloy down incredibly fast, a million degrees Kelvin per second, by shooting tiny droplets at cold copper plates, or spinning ultrathin ribbons.
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Can you solve the...
You won’t be able to attach messages to the robot or scratch notes into its superstrong alloy body. Your only way to communicate information is to change the position of exactly one lever or hit the button.
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Donald Sadoway: The...
to become magnesium ion, which then migrates across the electrolyte, accepts two electrons from the antimony, and then mixes with it to form an alloy. The electrons go to work in the real world out here,
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Every since its discovery, lithium has been found to be incredibly versatile including strengthening glass and refining metal alloys but probably the most popular use of lithium is in lithium batteries.
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Magical metals, how...
Today we're talking about weird materials that we use in space, in robots and in your mouth. I'm talking about shape memory alloys. Like the name says, these are metals that remember different shapes.
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Creating materials...
it and give a live to the material scientific things like shape memory alloys polymers and fibers have the ability to help textile to perform in a very elegant way these are materials
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Everything around you...
who were not engineers. It was an artisan who knows how to make things and an artist who knows how to make things beautiful. Working with them, we created one of the best yarns in the world, which consists of thin metallic alloys wrapped around with polyester fibers and cotton fibers.
Video examples
The evolution of the...
turpentine, and walnut oil. And what about font size and type? The earliest movable type pieces consisted of reversed letters cast in relief on the ends of lead alloy stocks. They were handmade and expensive, and the designs were as different as the people who carved their molds.
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How fake handbags fund...
It said "Full training given and some international travel." Within a week, I was creating my first of many aliases, and in the 10 years since, I've investigated fake car parts, alloy wheels, fake pet grooming tools, fake bicycle parts,
Video examples
Bending Steel with Your...
past and into the future and it feeds the world few among the millions know this we are the few who tends the ribbon of fire that ribbon of fire is of course steel the fertility of this man-made alloy is staggering it's
Video examples
What is metallic glass?...
Because metal atoms crystallize so rapidly, scientists had to cool the alloy down incredibly fast, a million degrees Kelvin per second, by shooting tiny droplets at cold copper plates, or spinning ultrathin ribbons.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
You won’t be able to attach messages to the robot or scratch notes into its superstrong alloy body. Your only way to communicate information is to change the position of exactly one lever or hit the button.
Video examples
Donald Sadoway: The...
to become magnesium ion, which then migrates across the electrolyte, accepts two electrons from the antimony, and then mixes with it to form an alloy. The electrons go to work in the real world out here,
Video examples
Lithium 101 PIPE National...
Every since its discovery, lithium has been found to be incredibly versatile including strengthening glass and refining metal alloys but probably the most popular use of lithium is in lithium batteries.
Video examples
Magical metals, how...
Today we're talking about weird materials that we use in space, in robots and in your mouth. I'm talking about shape memory alloys. Like the name says, these are metals that remember different shapes.
Video examples
Creating materials...
it and give a live to the material scientific things like shape memory alloys polymers and fibers have the ability to help textile to perform in a very elegant way these are materials
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
Do not consider that to be wealth which is hoarded away, for how is it better than sand gathered from the nearest heap? Nor that which comes in from men who groan at their taxes: for the gold that is wrung from tears is of base alloy and black.
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Dan Gable
American Wrestler
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
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Anthony Trollope
English Author
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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Henry Bessemer
English Scientist
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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Apollonius of Tyana
Greek Philosopher
Do not consider that to be wealth which is hoarded away, for how is it better than sand gathered from the nearest heap? Nor that which comes in from men who groan at their taxes: for the gold that is wrung from tears is of base alloy and black.
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Dan Gable
American Wrestler
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
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Anthony Trollope
English Author
The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade.
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Henry Bessemer
English Scientist
I was quite unable to make any white metal alloy hard enough to be made into powder by my machinery.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
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