Alloy
noun
- 1.
- (mixture of two or more metals, compound) វិធីបញ្ចុះលោហៈផ្សំ, លោហៈធាតុផ្សំ, ការលាយលោហៈធាតុ, អ្វីៗដែលលាយច្រើនមុខ, វត្ថុលាយ, វិធីលាយ
- 2.
- (COUNTABLE, UNCOUNTABLE) (mix metals) លាយរឺបញ្ចុះលោហៈធាតុ, ផ្សំ, ចងស្ពានមេត្រី
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) សំលោហៈ, លោហមិស្សិកា, លោហធាតុផ្សំ
verb — past tense: alloyed ; past participle: alloyed ; present participle: alloying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) សំយោគលោហធាតុ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
- 2.
- A baser metal mixed with a finer.
verb — past tense: alloyed ; past participle: alloyed ; present participle: alloying ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) To form a metallic compound.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.