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IPA transcription: ['æ,lɔɪ]
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Noun
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a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
“brass is an alloy of zinc and copper”
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the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something
Verb
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lower in value by increasing the base-metal content
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make an alloy of
Usage examples
- This new material had stronger alloys in the iron.
- Some alloys of steel and aluminum cannot be brought to a mirror finish.
- Malloy related he preferred working patrol on the street to supervision.
- Zirconium alloys readily react with oxygen, forming a nanometer-thin passivation layer.
- It has aluminum-alloy block and heads and low-friction molybdenum-coated pistons.
- Some alloys of steel and aluminum cannot be brought to a mirror finish.
- Other Z engines have aluminum alloy block and head, with cast-iron cylinder liners.
- Depending on alloy composition, a layering of ferrite and cementite, called pearlite, may form.
- In modern German, Kupfernickel and Kupfer-Nickel designates the alloy Cupronickel.
- Malloy also formed the group Anthony and the Camp.