microweldingn.
/ˈmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˌwɛldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪkroʊˌwɛldɪŋ/, /ˈmaɪkrəˌwɛldɪŋ/ Engineering.
The process of joining by a very small weld.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > welding > types of
butt welding1878
lead burning1886
arc welding1890
thermite process1905
thermite welding1906
resistance welding1908
spot welding1908
seam welding1917
fusion welding1918
projection welding1918
stud welding1918
metal arc welding1926
pressure welding1926
metallic arc welding1927
flash-butt welding1933
flash welding1933
stitch welding1934
rightward welding1936
block welding1943
submerged-arc welding1945
friction welding1946
T.I.G.1960
microwelding1962
1962 Flight Internat. 82 1027/1 According to Aerojet-General Corporation, a micro-welding device developed by the Corporation's Astrionics Division ‘will make a reliable weld in the time it takes you to dot an “i”... But the dot of your “i” will be 30 times bigger than the weld’.
1968 Sci. Jrnl. Nov. 17 (caption) The microwelding machine below is used to bond leads to the circuit.
1975 Country Life 3 Apr. 838/1 The use of microwelding—an engineering skill put to very effective use as in a bracelet that seems to be a web of fine interlaced wires.
1990 Metals & Materials July 429/3 Microcasting, microwelding, micro-etching and computer controlled wire electrodischarge machining have all played a part in the development of the complex miniature connector designs in use today.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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