Electroplating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electroplate \E*lec"tro*plate`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Electroplating}.] (Mech.)
     To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver,
     nickel, chromium, or gold, by means of electrolysis.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  electroplating \e*lec"tro*pla`ting\, n.
     The art or process of depositing a coating (commonly) of
     silver, gold, or nickel on an inferior metal, by means of an
     electric current. The metal to be deposited on an article is
     usually used as the anode and the article to be plated as the
     cathode, in an electrolyte solution in which the plating
     metal is the cation. The process is conducted in a tank
     called an electroplating bath, which holds the electrolyte
     solution.
     [1913 Webster +PJC] Electropoion

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "electroplating":
     anion, anodized aluminum, cation, chromium plate, copperplate,
     electrocoating, electroetching, electrogalvanization,
     electrogilding, electrograving, electrolysis, electrolyte,
     galvanization, gold plate, ion, ionization, ionogen, nickel plate,
     nonelectrolyte, plate, plating, silver plate