alloy
Other forms: alloys; alloyed; alloying
You may have heard of aluminum alloy on a car. What that means is that there is another metal mixed in with the aluminum, to save money and/or to strengthen the wheels. The wheels are an alloy (a mix), rather than pure.
In addition to indicating a dilution of one metal with another, alloy can refer to the dilution of a feeling or a quality. Knowing that you look awesome in your Halloween costume would be an alloy to the embarrassment of showing up to a party where you are the only one in a costume.
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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”synonyms: metaltypes:heavy metala metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)18-karat goldan alloy that contains 75 per cent gold22-karat goldan alloy that contains 87 per cent goldAlnicotrade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titaniumamalgam, dental amalgaman alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgamsfusible metalan alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuseselectruman alloy of gold and silverpewterany of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)pinchbeckan alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate goldpot metalan alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large potssolderan alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaceswhite golda pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladiumtype metalan alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing typeBabbitt metal, babbittan alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces frictionBritannia metalan alloy similar to pewterCarboloyan alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder; used in making metal-cutting toolssteelan alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide rangecheoplastic metalany alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teethcopper-base alloyany alloy whose principal component is copperdental goldan alloy of gold used in dentistryDuraluminan aluminum-based alloyInconela nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron; used in gas-turbine bladesInvaran alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instrumentspyrophoric alloyan alloy that emits sparks when struck or scratched with steel; used in lighter flintsshot metalan alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shotStellitea very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wearsterling silvera silver alloy with no more than 7.5% coppertambac, tombac, tombakan alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gildingWood's alloy, Wood's metala fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and cadmium; melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheitalloy steelsteel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbonbrassan alloy of copper and zincbronzean alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tincupronickela 60/40 alloy of copper and nickelhard soldersolder that contains copper; melts at a relatively high temperature; used for brazingsilver soldera solder that contains silversoft soldersolder that melts at a relatively low temperatureMonel metal, Monell metalan alloy of nickel and copper and other metals (such as iron and/or manganese and/or aluminum)aluminium bronze, aluminum bronzean alloy of copper and aluminum with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosionaustenitic steelsteel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperaturescase-hardened steelsteel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metalcarbon steelsteel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it containscrucible steelsteel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a cruciblechisel steelsteel used in making chiselsEureka, constantanan alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wireferroceriuma pyrophoric alloy of iron with cerium; used for lighter flintshard steelsteel with more than 0.3% carbonmedium steelsteel with 0.15-0.3% carbonmisch metala pyrophoric alloy made from a mixture of rare-earth metalsNichromean alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elementsPermalloyan 80/20 alloy of nickel and iron; easily magnetized and demagnetizedquenched steelsteel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool itstructural steela strong steel that is rolled into shapes that are used in constructiontype of:mixture(chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
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the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of somethingsynonyms: admixture
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make an alloy of
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lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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The minerals and metals that make our technology possible come from underground, and they undergo multiple transformations on the surface. Do you have the mettle to learn this hole list of mining and metallurgy vocabulary?
Just as "history is written by the winners," the historical record often skips over missteps or mistakes made by those same winners. The Articles of Confederation were the founding fathers' first attempt at establishing an central alliance of all the different states in 1777. Although a valiant effort, the provisions laid down in this document didn't quite work the way the writers wanted them to, and they soon realized they had to start again with a new document. That second try is known as The Constitution, and it endures to this day. Here are 43 vocabulary words from The Articles of Confederation. The entire document is available here.
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States. Created by the Continental Congress in 1777 it featured a loose confederation or union of sovereign states. In contrast to Britain’s Parliament, the Articles strictly limited the power of the national government. Despite this weakness the United States successfully won the Revolutionary War under the Articles. In 1787 a Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia and created our present plan of government, the U.S. Constitution which then replaced the Articles.