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microalloy en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + alloy.

Meanings

  1. An alloy made with very small quantities of elements.
    • For microalloys the boundary can be treated as a thin layer of the segregating element including segregating impurities. In the case of nanoalloys, the segregation pattern can involve a significant part of the whole grain. 2020, Florent Calvo, Nanoalloys: From Fundamentals to Emergent Applications, page 194:
  2. An element used in very small quantities in an alloy.
    • Today, the use of niobium as a microalloy is estimated to account for about 95% of production. 1992, Advanced Materials & Processes, volume 142, page 34:

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microalloy en · VERB

Etymology

From micro- + alloy.

Meanings

  1. To add elements to an alloy in much smaller quantities than normal.
    • The purpose of this step is to microalloy the aluminum and gold metallizations into the silicon to insure the lowest possible contact resistance […] 1978, T. F. Leedy, Yan M. Liu, Microelectronic Processing Laboratory at NBS (volume 13, page 23)

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microalloyed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
microalloyed Tense=Past lexicographic
microalloying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
microalloys Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic