Metallography

Metˊal-log′ra-phy

,

Noun.

[L.

metallum

metal +

-graphy

: cf. F.

métallographie

.]

1.

The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

2.

A method of transferring impressions of the grain of wood to metallic surfaces by chemical action.

Knight.

3.

A substitute for lithography, in which metallic plates are used instead of stone.

Knight.

,

Noun.

[Gr. metal, and description.] An account of metals, or a treatise on metallic substances.

metallography ‎(countable and uncountable, plural metallographies)

(metallurgy) The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques

the study of the structure of metals and their alloys