Metallurgy (noun)
met-al-er-jee
The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.
Early 18th century from Greek metallon ‘metal’ + -ourgia ‘working’.
Example sentences
“The bronze can be analysed to give a breakdown of ancient metallurgy.”
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