See Also: metallography(medicine)
metallography(dictionary)
metallography(encyclopedia)

metallography (iou)



metallography noun. E18.
[from METALLO- + -GRAPHY. Cf. French metallographie.]
A treatise or description of metals. rare. Only in E18.
The branch of science that deals with the structure of metals, esp. on a microscopic scale; the metallographic features of something. L19.
metallographer noun E20.
metallo'graphic adjective (a) of or pertaining to metallography; (b) of or pertaining to the description of coins: M19.
metallo'graphical adjective = metallographic (a) E20.
metallo'graphically adverb by metallographic methods M20.