metallography noun. [mɛtǝ'lɒgrǝfi] E18.
[from METALLO- + -GRAPHY. Cf. French métallographie.]
1. A treatise or description of metals. rare. Only in E18.

2. The branch of science that deals with the structure of metals, esp. on a microscopic scale; the metallographic features of something. L19.

■ metallographer noun E20.

■ metallo'graphic adjective (a) of or pertaining to metallography; (b) of or pertaining to the description of coins: M19.

■ metallo'graphical adjective = metallographic (a) E20.

■ metallo'graphically adverb by metallographic methods M20.

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