electro-silveringn.
/ᵻˌlɛktrəʊˈsɪlv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /əˌlɛktroʊˈsɪlv(ə)rɪŋ/, /iˌlɛktroʊˈsɪlv(ə)rɪŋ/ Manufacturing Technology.
The action or process of electroplating articles with silver.
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?1843 R. Hare Of Galvanism, or Voltaic Electricity i. 71 Fig. 27 represents an apparatus suitable either for the process of electro-silvering, or that of electro-gilding.
1921 U.S. Patent 1,394,085 2/1 The remaining portions..are now covered with an insulating paint or with wax, to prevent the deposit of electrolytic silver thereon during the electro-silvering process.
2000 U.S. Patent 6,027,862 2 Such electrosilvering baths are commercially available and can yield a lustrous mirror layer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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