Meanings
adjectivemetallographic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to metallography.
Origin
- Ancient Greekμέταλλον (métallon)
- Latinmetallum
- Old Frenchmeta
- Middle Englishmetal
- Englishmetal
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishmetallography
- Englishmetallographic
From metallography + -ic.
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metallographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallographic
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“metallographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metallographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metallographic.
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