alloy

a lower-quality metal mixed with a more valuable one; to debase, impair, or adulterate; fusion, blend, composite: Coins are often alloys.
Not to be confused with:allay – soften, assuage: lay to rest or lull into a sense of security: She tried to allay her child’s fears.alley – a passage, a narrow back street: Our garage is off the back alley.ally – unify, join; a partner, friend, or confederate: Canada was our ally in World War II.

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A0217500 (ăl′oi′, ə-loi′)n.1. A metallic solid or liquid that is composed of a homogeneous mixture of two or more metals or of metals and nonmetal or metalloid elements, usually for the purpose of imparting or increasing specific characteristics or properties: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper.2. A mixture; an amalgam: "Television news has ... always been an alloy of journalism and show business" (Bill Moyers).3. The relative degree of mixture with a base metal; fineness.4. Something added that lowers value or purity.tr.v. (ə-loi′, ăl′oi′) al·loyed, al·loy·ing, al·loys 1. To combine (metals) to form an alloy.2. To combine; mix: idealism that was alloyed with political skill.3. To debase by the addition of an inferior element.

[Alteration (influenced by French aloi) of obsolete allay, from Middle English alay, from Old North French allai, from allayer, to alloy, from Latin alligāre, to bind : ad-, ad- + ligāre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]

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n 1. (Metallurgy) a metallic material, such as steel, brass, or bronze, consisting of a mixture of two or more metals or of metallic elements with nonmetallic elements. Alloys often have physical properties markedly different from those of the pure metals 2. something that impairs the quality or reduces the value of the thing to which it is added vb (tr) 3. (Metallurgy) to add (one metal or element to another metal or element) to obtain a substance with a desired property4. to debase (a pure substance) by mixing with an inferior element5. to diminish or impair [C16: from Old French aloi a mixture, from aloier to combine, from Latin alligāre, from ligāre to bind]

al•loy

(n. ˈæl ɔɪ, əˈlɔɪ; v. əˈlɔɪ)

n. 1. a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition. 2. a less costly metal mixed with a more valuable one. 3. standard; quality; fineness. 4. admixture, as of good with evil. 5. anything added that serves to reduce quality or purity. v.t. 6. to mix (metals or metal with nonmetal) so as to form an alloy. 7. to reduce or debase by admixture; adulterate. [1590–1600; < Middle French aloi, Old French alei, n. derivative of aleier to combine < Latin alligāre to bind up =al- al- + ligāre to bind (see ally, ligament)]

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(ăl′oi′) A metallic substance made by mixing and fusing two or more metals, or a metal and a nonmetal, to obtain desirable qualities such as hardness, lightness, and strength. Brass, bronze, and steel are all alloys.

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Past participle: alloyed
Gerund: alloying

Imperative
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Present
I alloy
you alloy
he/she/it alloys
we alloy
you alloy
they alloy

Preterite
I alloyed
you alloyed
he/she/it alloyed
we alloyed
you alloyed
they alloyed

Present Continuous
I am alloying
you are alloying
he/she/it is alloying
we are alloying
you are alloying
they are alloying

Present Perfect
I have alloyed
you have alloyed
he/she/it has alloyed
we have alloyed
you have alloyed
they have alloyed

Past Continuous
I was alloying
you were alloying
he/she/it was alloying
we were alloying
you were alloying
they were alloying

Past Perfect
I had alloyed
you had alloyed
he/she/it had alloyed
we had alloyed
you had alloyed
they had alloyed

Future
I will alloy
you will alloy
he/she/it will alloy
we will alloy
you will alloy
they will alloy

Future Perfect
I will have alloyed
you will have alloyed
he/she/it will have alloyed
we will have alloyed
you will have alloyed
they will have alloyed

Future Continuous
I will be alloying
you will be alloying
he/she/it will be alloying
we will be alloying
you will be alloying
they will be alloying

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been alloying
you have been alloying
he/she/it has been alloying
we have been alloying
you have been alloying
they have been alloying

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been alloying
you will have been alloying
he/she/it will have been alloying
we will have been alloying
you will have been alloying
they will have been alloying

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been alloying
you had been alloying
he/she/it had been alloying
we had been alloying
you had been alloying
they had been alloying

Conditional
I would alloy
you would alloy
he/she/it would alloy
we would alloy
you would alloy
they would alloy

Past Conditional
I would have alloyed
you would have alloyed
he/she/it would have alloyed
we would have alloyed
you would have alloyed
they would have alloyed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	alloy - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"metalmixture - (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)heavy metal - a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about 5) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead)18-karat gold - an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold22-karat gold - an alloy that contains 87 per cent goldoreide, oroide - alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelryAlnico - trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titaniumamalgam, dental amalgam - an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgamsfusible metal - an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuseselectrum - an alloy of gold and silverpewter - any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)pinchbeck - an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate goldpot metal - an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large potssolder - an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaceswhite gold - a pale alloy of gold usually with platinum or nickel or palladiumtype metal - an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing typebearing metal, white metal - an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearingsbabbitt, Babbitt metal - an alloy of tin with some copper and antimony; a lining for bearings that reduces frictionBritannia metal - an alloy similar to pewterCARBOLOY - [trademark] an alloy based on tungsten with cobalt or nickel as a binder; used in making metal-cutting toolssteel - an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide rangecheoplastic metal - any alloy that fuses at low temperatures and can be used molding artificial teethcopper-base alloy - any alloy whose principal component is copperdental gold - an alloy of gold used in dentistryDuralumin - an aluminum-based alloyInconel - a nickel-base alloy with chromium and iron; used in gas-turbine bladesInvar - an alloy of iron and nickel having a low coefficient of thermal expansion; used in tuning forks and measuring tapes and other instrumentsnickel alloy, nickel-base alloy - an alloy whose main constituent is nickelGerman silver, nickel silver - a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickelpyrophoric alloy - an alloy that emits sparks when struck or scratched with steel; used in lighter flintsshot metal - an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shotprimary solid solution, solid solution - a homogeneous solid that can exist over a range of component chemicals; a constituent of alloys that is formed when atoms of an element are incorporated into the crystals of a metalStellite - ® a very hard alloy of cobalt and chromium with cobalt as the principal ingredient; used to make cutting tools and for surfaces subject to heavy wearsterling silver - a silver alloy with no more than 7.5% coppertambac, tombac, tombak - an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gildingWood's alloy, Wood's metal - a fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and cadmium; melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit
	2.	alloy - the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of somethingadmixtureimpureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
Verb	1.	alloy - lower in value by increasing the base-metal contentdebasemetallurgy - the science and technology of metalsdevalue - lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"
	2.	alloy - make an alloy of chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactionsmetallurgy - the science and technology of metalscoalesce, conflate, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, blend, meld, flux, combine - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"

alloy

noun mixture, combination, compound, blend, hybrid, composite, amalgam, meld, admixture Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.

Alloys

Alnico (trademark (amalgam)), austenitic stainless steel, Babbit metal, bell bronze, bell metal, billon, brass, brazing solder, Britannia metal, bronze, chromel, constantan, cupronickel, Duralumin (trademark), electrum, ferrochromium, ferromanganese, ferromolybdenum, ferronickel, ferrosilicon, Invar (trademark), kamacite, magnolia metal, magnox, Manganin (trademark), misch metal, Monel or Monell metal, Nichrome (trademark), nickel silver, nimonic alloy, ormolu, oroide, osmiridium, permalloy, pewter, phosphor bronze, pinchbeck, platina, platiniridium, soft solder, speculum metal, steel, Stellite (trademark), sterling silver, terne, tombac or tambac, type metal, white gold, zircalloy

Translations

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alloy

(ˈӕloi) noun a mixture of two or more metals. 合金

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Related to Alloy: Aluminum alloy, Titanium alloy

ALLOY, or ALLAY. An inferior metal, used with gold. and silver in makingcoin or public money. Originally, it was one of the allowances known by thename of remedy for errors, in the weight and purity of coins. The practiceof making such allowances continued in all European mints after the reasons,upon which they were originally founded, had, in a great measure, ceased. Inthe imperfection of the art of coining, the mixture of the metals used, andthe striking of the coins, could not be effected with, perfect accuracy.There would be some variety in the mixture of metals made at differenttimes, although intended to be in the same proportions, and in differentpieces of coin, although struck by the same process and from the same die.But the art of coining metals has now so nearly attained perfection, thatsuch allowances have become, if not altogether, in a great measure at least,unnecessary. The laws of the United States make no allowance fordeficiencies of weight. See Report of the Secretary of State of the UnitedStates, to the Senate of the U. S., Feb. 22, 1821, pp. 63, 64.
2. The act of Congress of 2d of April, 1792, sect. 12, directs that thestandard for all gold coins of the United States, shall be eleven parts fineto one part of alloy; and sect. 13, that the standard for all silver coinsof the United States, shall be one thousand four hundred and eighty-fiveparts fine, to one hundred and seventy-nine parts alloy. 1 Story's L. U. S.20. By the act of Congress, 18th Feb. 1831, Sec. 8, it is provided, that thestandard for both gold and silver coin of the United States, shall be such,that of one thousand parts by weight, nine hundred shall be of pure metal,and one hundred of alloy; and the alloy of the silver coins shall be ofcopper, and the alloy of gold coins shall be of copper and silver, provided,that the silver do not exceed one-half of the whole alloy. See also, Smith'sWealth of Nations, vol. i., pp. 49, 50.

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noun mixture

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noun a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten

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noun the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

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verb lower in value by increasing the base-metal content

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verb make an alloy of

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