Meaning of metallifacture | Babel Free
Definitions
- The production and manufacture of metals.
- A manufactured article of metal.
Examples
“Given the necessary raw materials, capital, and skilled labour, nothing is easier than to turn⟳ trees into chairs, and ore into the finest products of metallifacture.”
“[see⟳ title]”
“Chiefly works in Germ., Engl. and French, esp. on Machinery, Electrotechnic, Architecture, Engineering, Metallifacture, Mechanics, Textile and Leather Industries, Papermaking, Ind. for the supply⟳ of Chemicals and Provisions, on Patents and Traffic; […]”
“Under the head of Metallifactures, we include⟳ the manufacture⟳ of hardware, brassware and jewelry: reserving, however, that of watches, for the following section.”
“3. Manufactures. […] b. Furniture. (1.) General and Unclassified. H 6 (2.) Metallifactures. H 7”
“Eventually, of course, the West will absorb enormous quantities of locally-produced metallifactures; the war may easily hasten the establishment of some of these factories close⟳ to the point⟳ of production.”
“One is accustomed, when thinking of things connected with the manufacture⟳ of modern machine parts, to assume⟳ that heat treatment actually has been demonstrated. That is to say⟳, that factory or shop⟳ executives universally recognize the fact that the physical properties of metallifactures may be altered and adjusted by a properly selected schedule⟳ of heating and cooling.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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