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Webster 1913 Edition
Metallize
Met′al-lize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Metallized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Metallizing
.] [Cf. F.
métalliser
.] To impart metallic properties to; to impregnate with a metal.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Metallize
MET'ALLIZE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
metallize
metallize
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Verb
metallize (third-person singular simple present metallizes, present participle metallizing, simple past and past participle metallized)
- To coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal.
- 1879, Th Du Moncel, The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph, Harper, page 166:
- He takes the prepared charcoal used by artists, brings it to a white heat, and suddenly plunges it in a bath of mercury, of which the globules instantly penetrate the pores of charcoal, and may be said to metallize it.
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Translations
to coat, treat or impregnate a non-metallic object with metal
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