different between combination vs alloy
combination
English
Etymology
From Middle English combinacioun, combynacyoun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin comb?n?ti?.Morphologically combine +? -ation
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?mb??ne???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
combination (countable and uncountable, plural combinations)
- The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
- An object formed by combining.
- A sequence of numbers or letters used to open a combination lock.
- (mathematics) One or more elements selected from a set without regard to the order of selection.
- An association or alliance of people for some common purpose.
- (billiards) A combination shot; a billiard; a shot where the cue ball hits a ball that strikes another ball on the table.
- A motorcycle and sidecar.
- A rapid sequence of punches or strikes in boxing or other combat sports.
Synonyms
- (act of combining): fusion, merger
Antonyms
- (act of combining): division, separation
- (mathematics): permutation
Derived terms
- combination fried rice
- recombination
Related terms
- combinative
- combinatory
- combine
Translations
See also
- permutation
Further reading
- combination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Motorcycle and sidecar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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alloy
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin allig?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.l??/, /??l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
alloy (countable and uncountable, plural alloys)
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
- (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- Many of these coins are preserved at the British Museum, in London, and at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, and are all of pure gold, without alloy, and in a good state of preservation. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is also said to have […]
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- (figuratively) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
- SETH KITANGE TELEVISION AND RADIO Upheaval at CBS. […] Bill Moyers, a CBS News commentator and special correspondent, expressed his dismay in an interview with Newsweek in which he said, “Television news has never been pure. It has always been an alloy of journalism and show business.”
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
Derived terms
- superalloy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??/, /?æ.l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)
- To mix or combine; often used of metals.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
- to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
- (figuratively) To impair or debase by mixture.
- to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
Translations
See also
- alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alloys in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Loyal, Yolla, loyal, yallo
alloy From the web:
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- what alloy is brass
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- what alloys are mixed with gold
- what alloy are aluminum cans
- what alloy is aluminum foil
- what alloy is stainless steel
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