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dealloying

dealloying noun: the selective leaching of a component of an alloy.

Noun

dealloying (uncountable)

  1. The selective leaching of a component of an alloy

Origin of dealloying

From de- + alloy + -ing.

Questions about dealloying

What does dealloying mean?
Dealloying means the selective leaching of a component of an alloy.
What part of speech is dealloying?
Dealloying is a noun.

Words near dealloying in the dictionary

  1. deallocation
  2. deallocations
  3. deallocator
  4. deallocators
  5. dealloyed
  6. dealloying
  7. dealmaker
  8. dealmakers
  9. dealmaking
  10. deals
  11. deals a bad hand

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