Found 3 items, similar to Alloy.
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Definition: alloy
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: alloy
alloy
n 1: 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” [syn:
metal]
2: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of
something [syn:
admixture]
alloy
v 1: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content [syn:
debase]
2: make an alloy of
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Alloy
Alloy
\Al*loy"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Alloyed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer,
fr. L. aligare. See
Alloy, n.,
Ally, v. t., and cf.
Allay.]
1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable
substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or
silver with copper.
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2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to
alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
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Alloy
\Al*loy"\, v. t.
To form a metallic compound.
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Gold and iron alloy with ease. --Ure.
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Alloy
\Al*loy"\, n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy,
alier to ally. See
Alloy, v. t.]
1. 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.
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2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver;
fineness.
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3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.
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Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any
baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it.
--Locke.
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4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts
from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
“Pure English
without Latin alloy.” --F. Harrison.
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