metallography

English

Etymology

metal +‎ -ography

Noun

metallography (countable and uncountable, plural metallographies)

1. (metallurgy) The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques
2. A process for utilising metal plates in a manner similar to lithographic stones.
3. A process of imitating the grain of wood on metals.

Translations

the study of the structure of metals and their alloys

• Catalan: metal·lografia f
• Finnish: metallografia
• French: métallographie (fr) f
• Irish: miotalagrafaíocht f
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• Manx: meaingraafeeaght f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: металогра̀фија f

  Roman: metalogràfija (sh) f