Smelted vs Igneous - What's the difference?
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(smelt)
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
(obsolete) A fool; a simpleton.
(smell)
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves melting]] and chemical reduction of metal [[compound, compounds into purified metal.
Any of the various liquids or semi-molten solids produced and used during the course of such production.
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to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore; to meld
Pertaining to, having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance
(geology) Resulting from, or produced by, the action of great heat; with rocks, it could also mean formed from lava/magma; as, granite and basalt are igneous rocks
Smelted is a related term of igneous.
As a verb smelted
is (smelt).As an adjective igneous is
pertaining to, having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire; as, an igneous appearance.smelted
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Verb
(head)smelt
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) smelt.Noun
(wikipedia smelt) (en noun)- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Etymology 2
From very early (etyl) smel; likely to derive from (etyl), but not recorded.Verb
(head)Etymology 3
Variant of the stem of (etyl) , cognate with Dutch smelten and German schmelzen.Noun
(en noun)- The green liquor, ie, [sic] the solution obtained on dissolving the smelt , contains an insoluble residue called dregs, which gives it a dark green appearance.
- When the smelt was complete the crucible could be lifted out and the metal poured directly into the moulds, thus avoiding the need to break it up and remelt […]
- […] can vary in different positions in the furnace and during the smelt .
- Furnaces are unlikely to survive the smelts ; all that often remains on metal production sites is just furnace bases and broken fragments of furnaces […]
- Women are allowed to play some small part in the smelt if they are breastfeeding or post-menopausal (van der Merwe and Avery, 1988).