fundição — meaning in English
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English meaning
- casting noun The process of choosing actors, models, or performers for roles in a film, show, or advert.
- foundry noun A factory where metal is melted and poured into molds to make products.
- fusion noun The act or result of combining separate things into one.
- smelting noun The process of heating ore to extract pure metal from it.
Senses
fundição is used for these senses in English:
- casting A manufacturing process using a mold.
- foundry A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
- fusion The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
- smelting (metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
casting — full definition
- noun The process of choosing actors, models, or performers for roles in a film, show, or advert.
- noun An object made by pouring molten metal or another liquid material into a mould and letting it set.
- noun In programming, the act of converting a value from one data type to another.
foundry — full definition
- noun A factory where metal is melted and poured into molds to make products.
- noun A facility that manufactures semiconductor chips for other companies.