Sinhala Dictionary definitions for alloy
alloy 🔊 /æˈlɔjˌ/
alloy : ලෝහ මිශ්රණය
alloy : දූෂ්ය කරනවා
alloy : මිශ්රලෝහය
alloy : මාත්තු අඩු කිරීම
alloy : කලවම
alloy : මිශ්ර ලෝහය
alloy : මාත්තු අඩු කරනවා
alloy : කලවම් කරනවා
alloy : මාත්තු
alloy definition
Transitive verb.
- 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.
- The quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
- A baser metal mixed with a finer.
- Admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
- To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
- To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
- To form a metallic compound.