Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - alloy
Alloy
alloy
n. & v. --n. 1 a mixture of two or more metals, e.g. brass (a mixture of copper and zinc). 2 an inferior metal mixed esp. with gold or silver. --v.tr. 1 mix (metals). 2 debase (a pure substance) by admixture. 3 moderate. Etymology: F aloi (n.), aloyer (v.) f. OF aloier, aleier combine f. L alligare bind
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I. noun see: ally Date: 1604 the degree of mixture with base metals ; fineness, a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal intimately united usually by being fused together and dissolving in each other when molten, 3. an admixture that lessens value, an impairing alien element, a compound, mixture, or union of different things , a metal mixed with a more valuable metal to give durability or some other desired quality, II. Date: 1661 transitive verb 1. temper, moderate, to impair or debase by admixture, to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable metal, to mix so as to form an ~, intransitive verb to lend itself to being ~ed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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