单词 | electrogild |
释义 | electrogildv. Manufacturing Technology. transitive. To gild (esp. copper or iron) electrochemically, by making an article act as the cathode in a bath of electrolyte; to electroplate with gold. ΚΠ 1843 Mirror 11 Nov. 337/1 The lace becomes rapidly coated with copper, which can be electro-gilded or silvered. 1853 Littell's Living Age 5 Feb. 284/2 A new invention. Lace made of pliable wire electro-plated or electro-gilt. 1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. §28. 98 Delicate steel parts..have been electro-gilt. 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ii. 34 This assembly could hardly have been used for any other purpose than that of generating a weak electric current, and was most probably used by Persian silversmiths..for electrogilding their wares. Derivatives eˌlectroˈgilded adj. having a coating of gold that was applied electrochemically; = electrogilt adj.; also figurative. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 462/1 Sets of electro-gilded teeth, fitted with novel blocks for mastication. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table ii. 42 Men of letters..will not disturb the popular fallacy respecting this or that electro-gilded celebrity. 1901 Times 5 Nov. 5/6 On each side appear the City arms, electrogilded. 1976 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73 823/2 The arachidic acid layers are deposited on an electro-gilded brass plate. eˌlectroˈgilding n. ΚΠ 1843 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 133 311 In the operations of voltatyping, electro-gilding, &c.,..the advantage of using the rheostat is obvious. 2004 Daily Tel. 11 Mar. 7/3 Parts of the urns had been gilded by electro-gilding, which did not come into use until the 1840s. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1843 |
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