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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

  1. noun The process of choosing actors, models, or performers for roles in a film, show, or advert.
  2. noun An object made by pouring molten metal or another liquid material into a mould and letting it set.
  3. noun In programming, the act of converting a value from one data type to another.

foundry — full definition

  1. noun A factory where metal is melted and poured into molds to make products.
  2. noun A facility that manufactures semiconductor chips for other companies.

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