English-Thai Dictionary

alloy

N สิ่งเจือปน  ของผสม  sing-juea-pon

 

alloy

N โลหะผสม  compound admixture lo-ha-pha-som

 

alloy

VT ผสม โลหะ  เจื อโลหะ  pha-som-lo-ha

 

alloy

VT เจือปน  mix compound juea-pon

 

alloy steel

N เหล็กกล้า ผสม คาร์บอน และ ธาตุ อื่น  ๆ  lek-kla-pha-som-kha-bon-lae-thad-uen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALLOY

v.t.[L. alligo, ad and ligo, to bind. Gr. ] 1. To reduce the purity of a metal, by mixing with it a portion of one less valuable; as, to alloy gold with silver, or silver with copper.
2. To mix metals.
3. To reduce or abate by mixture; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

 

ALLOY

n. 1. A baser metal mixed with a finer.
2. The mixture of different metals; any metallic compound; this is its common signification in chimistry.
3. Evil mixed with good; as, no happiness is without alloy.

 

ALLOYAGE

n. 1. The act of alloying metals or the mixture of a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; the act of mixing metals.
2. The mixture of different metals.

 

ALLOYED

pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture.

 

ALLOYING

ppr. Mixing a baser metal with a finer, to reduce its purity; abating by foreign mixture.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALLOY

Al *loy ", n. Etym: [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. Locke.

 

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. ]Etym: [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

ALLOY Al *loy ", v. t.

 

Defn: To form a metallic compound. Gold and iron alloy with ease. Ure.

 

ALLOYAGE

Al *loy "age, n. Etym: [F. aloyage.]

 

Defn: The act or art of alloying metals; also, the combination or alloy.

 

ALLOY STEEL

ALLOY STEEL Al "loy steel.

 

Defn: Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alloy

al loy ▶noun |ˈaˌloi ˈæˌlɔɪ |a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, esp. to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion: an alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc | flat pieces of alloy | [ as modifier ] : alloy wheels. • an inferior metal mixed with a precious one. ▶verb |ˈaˌloi, əˈloi ˈæˌlɔɪ əˈlɔɪ | [ with obj. ] mix (metals ) to make an alloy: alloying tin with copper to make bronze. • debase (something ) by adding something inferior. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Old French aloi (noun ) and French aloyer (verb ), both from Old French aloier, aleier ‘combine, ’ from Latin alligare ‘bind. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

alloy

alloy ▶noun |ˈalɔɪ |a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion: an alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc | [ as modifier ] : alloy wheels. • an inferior metal mixed with a precious one. ▶verb |əˈlɔɪ | [ with obj. ] mix (metals ) to make an alloy: alloying tin with copper to make bronze. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Old French aloi (noun ) and French aloyer (verb ), both from Old French aloier, aleier ‘combine ’, from Latin alligare ‘bind ’. In early use the term denoted the comparative purity of gold or silver; the sense ‘mixture of metals ’ arose in the mid 17th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

alloy

alloy noun modern pewter is an alloy of tin, copper, and antimony: mixture, mix, amalgam, fusion, meld, blend, compound, combination, composite, union; technical admixture.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

alloy

alloy noun |(stress on the first syllable ) |bronze is an alloy of copper and tin: mixture, mix, amalgam, fusion, meld, blend, compound, combination, admixture, composite, union. ▶verb |(stress on the second syllable ) |copper and tin are alloyed to make bronze: mix, amalgamate, fuse, meld, blend, compound, combine, unite, intermix, intermingle; rare admix.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

alloy

al loy /ǽlɔɪ, əlɔ́ɪ /名詞 複 ～s C U 1 合金 ; (貴金属に混ぜる )卑金属 .2 ｟比喩的に ｠(品質を落とす )不純物 .3 (金 銀の )純度 .動詞 /əlɔ́ɪ, ǽlɔɪ /～s ; ～ed ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …を «…との » 合金にする «with » .2 ｟文 ｠(合金にして )〈金属 〉の価値を落とす .