cold welding
English
Etymology 1
cold + welding.From being a form of welding not requiring adding heat.
Noun
cold welding (uncountable)
- A phenomenon where in a vacuum, two clean oxide-less uncoated metal surfaces will fuse/weld/merge together when they come into contact with each other, without any other action required (without fusion heating)
Synonyms
- contact welding
Coordinate terms
- fusion welding (heat welding by molten temperatures)
See also
- cold shut
Etymology 2
cold weld + -ing
Verb
cold welding
- present participle of cold weld