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Perhaps Blend of Cadwell + welding, after Dr. Charles Cadwell.
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Today it means: A welding technique producing good electrical conducting welds by using a highly exothermic thermite reaction between copper oxide and a metal such as aluminium, which results in pure copper being deposited in the weld. Full definition →
Perhaps Blend of Cadwell + welding, after Dr. Charles Cadwell.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.