alloys

[Al*loy·]

You may have heard of aluminum alloy on a car. What that means is that there is another metal mixed in with the aluminum, to save money and or to strengthen the wheels. The wheels are an alloy (a mix), rather than pure.

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Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

Noun
the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

Noun
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"

Verb
make an alloy of

Verb
lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

v. t.
Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

v. t.
The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.

v. t.
A baser metal mixed with a finer.

v. t.
Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.

v. t.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

v. t.
To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

v. t.
To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

v. t.
To form a metallic compound.

Alloy

Al*loy", n. [OE. alai, OF. alei, F. aloyer, to alloy, alier to ally. See Alloy, v. t.] 1. Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam. 2. The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness. 3. A baser metal mixed with a finer.

Fine silver is silver without the mixture of any baser metal. Alloy is baser metal mixed with it.

4. Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy. "Pure English without Latin alloy." F. Harrison.

Alloy

Al*loy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alloyed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v.t., and cf. Allay.] 1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper. 2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound. 3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Alloy

Al*loy", v. t. To form a metallic compound.

Gold and iron alloy with ease.

Any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. But when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.

To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

To form a metallic compound.

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Usage Examples

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

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