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electroplating

electroplating is the present participle and gerund of electroplate.

Meaning of electroplate

Verb

electroplate (third-person singular simple present electroplates, present participle electroplating, simple past and past participle electroplated)

  1. (transitive) To coat (an object) with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis.
    • Near-synonym: electrodeposit
    Synonyms:
    electrodeposit

See all 3 meanings of electroplate

Noun

electroplating (plural electroplatings)

  1. A process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.
    • Near-synonym: electrodeposition

Synonyms of electroplating

Forms of electroplating

pluralelectroplatings

Questions about electroplating

What does electroplating mean?
Electroplating means a process of coating the surfaces of a metal object with a layer of a different metal through electrochemical means, usually to exploit different properties of the materials.
What is electroplating the present participle and gerund of?
Electroplating is the present participle and gerund of electroplate.
What part of speech is electroplating?
Electroplating is a noun.
What is the plural of electroplating?
The plural of electroplating is electroplatings.

Words near electroplating in the dictionary

  1. electroplate
  2. electroplated
  3. electroplater
  4. electroplaters
  5. electroplates
  6. electroplating
  7. electroplatings
  8. electroplax
  9. electroplaxes
  10. electroplay
  11. electropneumatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electroplating (page history and authors); electroplate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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