metallography
noun
metallography is a noun meaning “The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-E-T-A-L-L-O-G-R-A-P-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of metallography is metallographies.
What does metallography mean?
noun
- 1
The study of the structure of metals and their alloys, by any of a variety of techniques
- 2
A process for utilising metal plates in a manner similar to lithographic stones.
- 3
A process of imitating the grain of wood on metals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of metallography
- metallographies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is metallography?
Metallography appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Metallography in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the study of the structure of metals and their alloys:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | métallographie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does metallography come from?
From metal + -ography.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).