🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

야금술

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yageumsul

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Metallurgy/ˈmɛt.əl.ɜːr.dʒi/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"고대 국가들은 무기를 만들기 위해 발달된 야금술이 필요했습니다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification.

    "Advancements in metallurgy have allowed engineers to create stronger, lighter alloys for aerospace applications."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek metallourgos (worker in metal), a compound of metallon (mine, metal) and ergon (work). It entered Middle French as métallurgie before being adopted into English in the late 16th century, originally referring to the extraction of metals from ores and later expanding to encompass the study of their physical and chemical properties.

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