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Definition of Solder

1. Noun. An alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces.

2. Verb. Join or fuse with solder. "Solder these two pipes together"

Definition of Solder

1. n. A metal or metallic alloy used when melted for uniting adjacent metallic edges or surfaces; a metallic cement.

2. v. t. To unite (metallic surfaces or edges) by the intervention of a more fusible metal or metallic alloy applied when melted; to join by means of metallic cement.

Definition of Solder

1. Noun. Any of various alloys, often of tin and lead, that are used to join small pieces of metal together ¹

2. Verb. To join with (or as if with) solder ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solder

1. to join closely together [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Solder

1. 1. A fusible alloy used to unite edges or surfaces of two pieces of metal of higher melting point; hard solder's, usually containing gold or silver as their main constituent, are usually used in dentistry to connect noble metal alloys. 2. To join two pieces of metal with such an alloy. Origin: L. Solido, to make solid, through Fr., various forms (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solder

solauricidine solauricine sold sold-out sold-out(a) sold past the close soldado soldados soldan soldanel

soldanella soldanrie soldanries soldans solde solder (current term) solder bump solderabilities solderability soldered

solderer solderers soldering soldering flux soldering iron soldering irons solderings solderless solders soldes

Literary usage of Solder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1876)
"Practically the solder must be more fusible than either of tho metals to be united, ... Silver is considered the best solder for German .silver. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Borax is the flux used, with silver solder as with spelter. The soft solders are composed mainly of tin and lead. They occur in a large range. ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1919)
"New York, NY—solder is a mechanical mixture of tin and lead, ... A bar of solder of a grade even as low as 30 per cent. tin and 70 per cent. lead, ..."

4. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"grasse, a solder relatively rich in tin. — maigre, a solder relatively poor in tin. irts — non-autogène, soldering proper (ie, with the use of other ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1922)
"solder is an alloy of two or more metals that, when melted, ... Soft solders are known to plumbers as strap solder, which is used for soldering with the ..."

6. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"THE NON-FERROUS ALLOYS Arsenic causes the solder to be hard and brittle. ... When solder containing iron is poured in an open mould the surface will have ..."

7. Aluminium: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy and Applications by Joseph William Richards (1890)
"Aluminium bronze can be brazed easily at a red heat, using ordinary brazing solder (zinc 1, copper 1) and 3 parts of borax. soldering. ..."

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