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ALLOYS

"ALLOYS" is a plural of: alloy.

Date "ALLOYS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1889. (references)


Specialty Definition: ALLOYS

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Health

A mixture of metallic elements or compounds with other metallic or metalloid elements in varying proportions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: ALLOYS

English words defined with "ALLOYS": antimony, arsenic, As, atomic number 22, atomic number 23, atomic number 28, atomic number 30, atomic number 33, atomic number 39, atomic number 41, atomic number 45, atomic number 50, atomic number 51, atomic number 52, atomic number 62, atomic number 75, atomic number 77bimetal, bimetalliccheoplastyIr, iridiumNb, Ni, nickel, niobiumpewter, primary solid solutionRe, Rh, rhenium, rhodiumsamarium, Sb, Sm, solid solutionTe, tellurium, Ti, tin, titaniumv, vanadiumWhite metalY, yttriumzinc, zinc , Zn. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALLOYS": additives, alloy 200/226, alloy 203/225, alloy system, aluminium-silicon alloys, anisotropic magneto-resistance, anode metals, antimonial silverBabbit metals, Babbits, banded quartz-hematite oreCASTING OPERATOR, CASTING-OPERATOR HELPER, charge-gang weigher, charging person, Chromium Alloys, coal drill, COLD-PRESS LOADER, compensating alloys, composite materials, CONTROL OPERATOR, cryogenic materials, crystal structure, cupro-manganesedeposited material, die-casting alloyselectric resistance strain gag, electric rotary drillferromolybdenum, ferrous alloy, ferrous metals, FIRST HELPERGold Alloys, gold inklaborer, cutting tool, LABORER, SOLDER MAKING, light alloysMagnesium Chloride, MATERIALS SCIENTIST, melter assistant, MELTER CLERK, Metal Ceramic Alloys, METALLOGRAPHER, METALLURGICAL TECHNICIAN, METALLURGIST, PHYSICAL, mexican graphite, Murakami's reagentnib point, nickel alloys, nonferrous alloy, nonferrous metallurgy, nonferrous metalsopen-hearth-furnace operator, oxalate coatings, OXYGEN-FURNACE OPERATORPattinson's pots, pen pointRECLAMATION SUPERVISOR, red metal, REMELT-FURNACE EXPEDITER, Rockwell machinescanning electroprobe X-ray microanalyzer, secondary smelter, SHOT DROPPER, sigma phase, silver ink, silver minerals, sonic soldering, specialty steelthermoelectric metals, tin mineralsWEIGHER, ALLOY, weight-and-test-bar clerkzirconium minerals. (references)

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Modern Usage: ALLOYS

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Screenplays

The Asgard would never invent a weapon that propels small weights of iron and carbon alloys, by igniting a powder of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur. (Stargate SG-1; writing credit: Robert C. Cooper; Brad Wright)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ALLOYS

DomainTitle

References

  • Bellary Steels And Alloys Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • South African Chrome and Alloys Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unwrought Aluminium and Aluminium Alloys in Asia (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Unwrought Copper and Copper Alloys Export Supplies (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • A Practical Approach to Continuous Casting of Copper Based Alloys and Precious Metals (reference)

  • Adhesive Bonding of Aluminum Alloys (reference)

  • Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys (Asm Specialty Handbook) (reference)

  • Arc Welding of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys (reference)

  • ASM Handbook: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High Performance Alloys (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: ALLOYS

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. Lost heat is lost power, lost time and lost money. Furnaces for remelting and refining high quality steels and alloys are lined with refractory bricks such as these, made to withstand and to "reflect" terrific heat. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sheffield, Alabama. Reynolds Alloys Company. A workman. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: ALLOYS

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

This report and others relating to worked nickel and nickel alloys are updated on an regular basis. (references)

The company also manufactures parts from metal alloys ranging from low to high carbon hardenable alloy steel. (references)

However, aluminum is gradually being replaced by higher strength titanium alloys in some structural airframe components specified in new and updated aircraft designs. (references)

Political Economy

SWEDEN

Import licenses are not required except for items such as military material, hazardous substances, certain agricultural commodities, fiberboard, ferro alloys, some semi-manufactures of iron, and steel. (references)

Trade

Moldova

The Ministry of Finance must license the import of precious metals (silver, gold) and products thereof; alloys; semi-finished products which contain precious metals (except electronic products which contain precious metals); petrol and diesel oil; as well as for the import of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ALLOYS

"ALLOYS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALLOYS" is used about 109 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%10931,132

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: ALLOYS

CountryNameCountryName
India

Bellary Steels And Alloys Limited

South Africa

South African Chrome and Alloys Limited

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: ALLOYS

Expressions using "ALLOYS": Chromium Alloys compensating alloys Dental Alloys Gold Alloys Metal Ceramic Alloys nickel alloys. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ALLOYS": ferro-alloys.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: ALLOYS

Language Translations for "ALLOYS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

austenitiske legeringer har god kemisk bestandighed ved hoeje temperaturer, der for visse sammensaetninger kan vaere saerdeles god (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent), aluminium-siliciumlegeringer (aluminium-silicon alloys), ved anvendelse af svejsbare Al-legeringer behoever varmebehandlingen af de faerdige beholdere kun at vaere en koldmodning ved rumtemperatur (vessels of weldable aluminium alloys for which the only heat treatment required is a rapid recrystallization hardening at the room temperature of the vessel), selektiv oxydering af komplekse legeringer (selective oxidation in complex alloys), resultaterne for Cu-Ni-legeringer i havvand blev fremskaffet ved paasproejtningsmetoden og ved kanalstroemning (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), nikkellegeringer (nickel alloys), legeringers homogenitet (uniformity of alloys), kontrolleret krystallisation (controlled crystallisation of alloys), kompensationslegeringer (compensating alloys), elektrokemiske undersoegelser af rent jern og jern-kulstoflegeringer i fortyndet svovl- og saltsyre (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

austenitische legeringen hebben een goede hittebestendigheid die bij sommige chemische samenstellingen zelfs opmerkelijk genoemd mag worden (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent), Aluminium-Siliciumlegering (aluminium-silicon alloys), vreemd metaal (compensating alloys), selectieve oxydatie van complexe legeringen (selective oxidation in complex alloys), niobium-titaangeleider (conductor based on NbTi alloys), nikkellegeringen (nickel alloys), lasbare aluminium typen die alleen snel harden op kamertemperatuur als warmtebehandeling van het gerede vat noodzakelijk maken (vessels of weldable aluminium alloys for which the only heat treatment required is a rapid recrystallization hardening at the room temperature of the vessel), geleide kristallisering (controlled crystallisation of alloys), elektrochemisch onderzoek van zuiver ijzer en van ijzer-koolstoflegeringen in verdund zwavel- en zoutzuur (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid), de resultaten met cu- ni-legeringen in zeewater werden verkregen door vloeistofstralen en met behulp van stromingen door kanalen (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), bestuurde kristallisatie (controlled crystallisation of alloys). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

alumiini-piiseokset (aluminium-silicon alloys), rautahiiliseos (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid), nikkeliseos (nickel alloys), kupari-nikkelimetalliseos (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), kompensointiseokset (compensating alloys), kemiallinen kestävyys (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent). (various references)

   

French

  

analyse électrochimique du fer pur et d'alliages fercarbone dans l'acide sulfurique et l'acide chlorhydrique dilués (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid), alliages au nickel (nickel alloys), alliage d'aluminium au silicium (aluminium-silicon alloys), alliage d'aluminium (aluminium alloys), oxydation sélective d'alliages complexes (selective oxidation in complex alloys), nuances soudables d'aluminium ne nécessitant pas de traitement thermique du récipient terminé autre qu'un mûrissement rapide température ambiante (vessels of weldable aluminium alloys for which the only heat treatment required is a rapid recrystallization hardening at the room temperature of the vessel), les résultats avec des cupro-nickels - alliages cuivre-nickel - dans l'eau de mer ont été obtenus par la méthode du jet et l'aide de courants canalisés (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), les alliages austénitioues se distinguent par une refractarité chimique, qui pour certaines balances analytiques, peut devenir remarquable (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent), homogénéité des alliages (uniformity of alloys), essai la vapeur des alliages de zinc (humidity test for zinc alloys), cristallisation contrôlée des alliages (controlled crystallisation of alloys), conducteur base d'alliages Nb-Ti (conductor based on NbTi alloys), Comité technique ad hoc "Matériaux de pointe en métal léger pour les transports". (various references)

   

German

  

Metallegierungen, legiert (alloyed). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κράματα νικελίου (nickel alloys), κράματα αλουμινίου-πυριτίου (aluminium-silicon alloys), ηλεκτροχημικές δοκιμές καθαρού σιδήρου και κραμάτων σιδήρου-άνθρακα σε αραιό θειϊκό οξύ και αραιό υδροχλωρικό οξύ (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid), αντισταθμιστικά κράματα (compensating alloys), τα αποτελέσματα που πρόκυψαν από την έκθεση κραμάτων Cu-Νι σε θαλασσινό νερό πάρθηκαν με τη μέθοδο της ροής δέσμης και με τη βοήθεια ροής σε (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), ομοιογένεια των κραμάτων (uniformity of alloys), δοχεία από συγκολλούμενα κράματα αλουμινίου για τα οποία η μόνη θερμική κατεργασία που χρειάζεται είναι η γρήγορη σκλήρυνση ανακρυστάλλω (vessels of weldable aluminium alloys for which the only heat treatment required is a rapid recrystallization hardening at the room temperature of the vessel). (various references)

   

Italian

  

prove elettrochimiche su ferro puro e leghe ferro-carbonio in acido solforico e in acido cloridrico diluiti (electrochemical tests of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys in dilute sulphuric and hydrochloric acid), prova in vapor d'acqua per le leghe di zinco (humidity test for zinc alloys), ossidazione selettiva di leghe complesse (selective oxidation in complex alloys), omogeneit delle leghe (uniformity of alloys), leghe Al-Si (aluminium-silicon alloys), leghe alluminio silicio (aluminium-silicon alloys), leghe al nichel (nickel alloys), Leghe a elevatissima magnetostrizione (Giant Magnetostrictive Alloys), lega a cristallizzazione controllata (controlled crystallisation of alloys), le qualita' saldabili dell'alluminio non richiedono il trattamento termico del recipiente terminato ma una maturazione rapida a temperatura ambiente (vessels of weldable aluminium alloys for which the only heat treatment required is a rapid recrystallization hardening at the room temperature of the vessel), le leghe austenitiche si contraddistinguono per la loro reffrattarieta' chimica che, per certe composizioni analitiche, puo' diventare notevole (austenitic alloys have a good chemical heat resistance which for certain constitutions may even be excellent), i risultati sulle leghe nickel-rame nell' acqua marina furono ottenuti col metodo a scorrimento a getto e per mezzo del flusso della corrente in canale (the results obtained from exposing cu ni alloys to seawater were ascertained by the jet flow method and with the aid of channel flows), conduttore basato su leghe Nb-Ti (conductor based on NbTi alloys). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

耐熱合金 (heat-resistant alloys). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たいねつ"うき" (heat-resistant alloys). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alloysay

   

Portuguese

  

oxidação selectiva de ligas complexas (selective oxidation in complex alloys), ligas de níquel (nickel alloys), liga de alumínio com silício (aluminium-silicon alloys), homogeneidade das ligas (uniformity of alloys), ensaio de ligas de zinco em nevoeiro salino (humidity test for zinc alloys). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aleaciónes. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

aluminium-kisellegering (aluminium-silicon alloys), kompensatorlegeringar (compensating alloys). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ALLOYS

Derivations

Words ending with "ALLOYS": superalloys. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ALLOYS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aldys, Aldyss, alkoxy, allods, allons, alloym, alloyn, aloy, aloys, Alroy, arloy, Sallois. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ALLOYS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-l-l-o-s-y"

-1 letter: alloy, loyal, ollas, sally, salol.

-2 letters: alls, ally, also, lays, olla, sall, slay, sola, soya.

-3 letters: all, als, ays, las, lay, sal, say, sly, sol, soy.

-4 letters: al, as, ay, la, lo, os, oy, so, ya, yo.

 Words containing the letters "a-l-l-o-s-y"
 

+1 letter: sallowy.

 

+2 letters: allonyms, callboys, disloyal, dorsally, loyalest, loyalism, loyalist, payrolls, postally, rollways, sailorly, sallowly, socially, tallboys, tallyhos, tollways.

 

+3 letters: allostery, allotypes, ballyhoos, callosity, callously, jealously, ladyloves, lollygags, loyalisms, loyalists, loyalties, lysosomal, parlously, polygalas, rostrally, scholarly, shallowly, sonically, stoically, tomalleys, zealously.

 

+4 letters: absolutely, allotypies, amyloplast, ayatollahs, boastfully, colossally, cosmically, desolately, disloyally, disloyalty, episomally, fabulously, galactosyl, gladsomely, hyaloplasm, insolvably, mosaically, myeloblast, osmolality, pastorally, personally, plasmolyze, seasonally, societally, solitarily, subtotally, subvocally, superalloy, symbolical, unsocially, valorously, visionally.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Company Usage
9. Expressions
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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