alloying
present participle ofalloy
alloy
verb[T]
literaryuk/əˈlɔɪ/us/əˈlɔɪ/tospoilsomething orreduceit invalue:
Mypleasureinreceivingtheletterwassomewhatalloyed byitscontents.
Damaging and spoiling
- adulterate
- adulterated
- adulteration
- at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
- at-risk
- butcher
- erode
- flaw
- foul
- foul(something)up
- gild the lilyidiom
- gloss
- gnaw
- rampage
- ravage
- ravages
- ruin
- scourge
- sour
- wreck
Examplesofalloying
alloying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The concentration ofalloyingelements and the thickness of the alloyed layer can be gradually increased by increasing the number of irradiation cycles.
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Second, elemental arsenic does not combust with copper inalloyingas in the case of arsenic sulfide.
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In this case, the thickness of the alloyed layer is about an order of magnitude greater than that attainable on nanosecond laseralloying.
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If, because of thermodynamic limitations, the film component content is comparatively low, the mode of nonequilibrium liquidphasealloyingis realized.
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I do not feel entirely satisfied, however, about the question ofalloyingmetals.
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I should have thought, therefore, that it would have been safer to have included thesealloyingmetals among the other raw materials.
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The experiments have been extravagant because time and again the whole of thealloyinghas been changed and new experiments tried.
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The import of many of thesealloyingelements is the responsibility of private enterprise.
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Manganese is essential to all steel making; it is not just analloyingmetal.
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Alloyingsilver with other metals changes the melting point, adhesion and wetting characteristics, and tensile strength.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The portable art associated with this time included sophisticated metalworking, includingalloyingof metals and soldering.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The action of thealloyingelement is known to be segregation to grain boundaries of the solid metal and alteration of the grain boundary properties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Analloyingelement intentionally added to modify the characteristics of chromium hydride is titanium.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The type of carbide that chromium forms depends on the amount of carbon and other types ofalloyingelements present.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Copper is the principalalloyingmetal in some sterling silver and gold alloys.
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