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metallurgy

[met-l-ur-jee, muh-tal-er-jee] / ˈmɛt lˌɜr dʒi, məˈtæl ər dʒi /


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The new metallurgy breakthrough avoids the massive energy and chemicals consumed by traditional smelting and refining methods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The seemingly limitless power of the steam engine helped change that view, making fortunes in mining, metallurgy, brewing, and, especially, textiles.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

At the southeastern edge of the settlement, the team uncovered signs of a dedicated industrial zone focused on tin bronze metallurgy, the key alloy that defined much of the Bronze Age.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2025

Before the war, Pokrovrsk was home to some 69,000 residents, with many of them employed in coal mining, metallurgy and machine-building.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

Each of those microsocieties alone was far too small to support chiefs and craft specialists, or to develop metallurgy and writing.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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