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metallize, v.|ˈmɛtəlaɪz|
Also metalize.
[f. metal n. + -ize.]
1. a. trans. To render metallic; to impart a metallic form or appearance to.
1594Plat Jewell-Ho. i. 22 By wood that is both metalized and petrified in clay groundes. 1782Kirwan in Phil. Trans. LXXII. 200 Inflammable air is then the principle that metallizes metallic earth. 1800Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 213 The lead is again metallized. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 769 The surface of the iron thus becomes perfectly metallized. 1912G. B. Barham Devel. Incandescent Electr. Lamp iv. 37 When the untreated carbon filament, used as a base, is metallized, its weight is reduced by about 8 per cent.
fig.1849Clough Poems, etc. (1869) I. 298 Better far that this precious imponderable lie crystallised or metallized within us, than be..let free to escape.
b. To coat or cover with metal.
1911Engin. & Mining Jrnl. XCI. 532/1 It [sc. the process] mainly consists of throwing finely distributed liquid metal..against the surface to be metallized. 1929Daily News 16 Jan., Doors, window sashes, wainscotings, panel boards and panelling can be artistically metalized with one metal or another. 1952J. Delmonte Plastics Molding xiv. 431 Another technique of metallizing plastic parts..is the chemical deposition of a silver film upon a carefully cleaned plastic surface. 1973M. I. Kohan Nylon Plastics xvii. 585 Small nylon parts can often be vacuum metallized without predrying.
2. To treat with sulphur and heat, as india-rubber; to vulcanize. (Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895.)
Hence ˈmetallized, ˈmetallizing ppl. adjs. ˈmetallizer, (a) a machine or plant for metallizing; (b) a person or organization involved in metallizing; ˈmetallizing vbl. n.
1754Huxham in Phil. Trans. XLVIII. 839 It appears then, that some internal metallizing sulphur..is absolutely necessary to combine the metallic earth together. 1882E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis II. xliv. 246 Had I not been told of the origin of the metallized appearance, I should have decidedly said that it was some lacquered surface, developed in the process of baking the brick itself. 1905J. C. Howell in Electrician 28 July 590/1 On account of the positive-resistance curve and physical characteristics of these filaments, they have been given the name ‘metallised filaments’. 1911Engin. & Mining Jrnl. XCI. 532/1 The metallizing process invented by M. U. Schoop, of Zurich, is..different from any process so far known. 1912G. B. Barham Devel. Incandescent Electr. Lamp iv. 37 It is said that the intense temperature of the metallizing process changes the composition of the carbon filament by removal of the ash residue and by the volatilization of the hydrocarbon contained in the filament. 1952J. Delmonte Plastics Molding xiv. 429 The metallizing of plastics parts has become a popular procedure for some molded parts. 1955Sci. News Let. 21 May 336/3 Game includes five metalized, full-color replicas of regulation traffic signs. 1969W. R. R. Park Plastics Film Technol. viii. 195 As the applications for metallized film continued to grow, more sophisticated continuous metallizers have been evolved. 1969R. F. Lang tr. Henglein's Chem. Technol. 807 Metallizing of fabrics increases their value. 1973M. I. Kohan Nylon Plastics xvii. 585 The composition of these lacquers is proprietary with metallizers. 1974Sci. Amer. Mar. 112/2 A simple measurement of the focal length can be made by standing the mirror on edge, directing a flashlight toward the metallized surface [etc.]. |