cold-weld


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cold welding

n.
The welding of two materials under high pressure or vacuum without the use of heat.

cold′-weld′ v.
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cold-weld

vb
(Metallurgy) (tr) to join (two metal surfaces) without heat by forcing them together so that the oxide films are broken and adhesion occurs
cold welding n
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cold-weld


Past participle: cold-welded
Gerund: cold-welding

Imperative
cold-weld
cold-weld
Present
I cold-weld
you cold-weld
he/she/it cold-welds
we cold-weld
you cold-weld
they cold-weld
Preterite
I cold-welded
you cold-welded
he/she/it cold-welded
we cold-welded
you cold-welded
they cold-welded
Present Continuous
I am cold-welding
you are cold-welding
he/she/it is cold-welding
we are cold-welding
you are cold-welding
they are cold-welding
Present Perfect
I have cold-welded
you have cold-welded
he/she/it has cold-welded
we have cold-welded
you have cold-welded
they have cold-welded
Past Continuous
I was cold-welding
you were cold-welding
he/she/it was cold-welding
we were cold-welding
you were cold-welding
they were cold-welding
Past Perfect
I had cold-welded
you had cold-welded
he/she/it had cold-welded
we had cold-welded
you had cold-welded
they had cold-welded
Future
I will cold-weld
you will cold-weld
he/she/it will cold-weld
we will cold-weld
you will cold-weld
they will cold-weld
Future Perfect
I will have cold-welded
you will have cold-welded
he/she/it will have cold-welded
we will have cold-welded
you will have cold-welded
they will have cold-welded
Future Continuous
I will be cold-welding
you will be cold-welding
he/she/it will be cold-welding
we will be cold-welding
you will be cold-welding
they will be cold-welding
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cold-welding
you have been cold-welding
he/she/it has been cold-welding
we have been cold-welding
you have been cold-welding
they have been cold-welding
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cold-welding
you will have been cold-welding
he/she/it will have been cold-welding
we will have been cold-welding
you will have been cold-welding
they will have been cold-welding
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cold-welding
you had been cold-welding
he/she/it had been cold-welding
we had been cold-welding
you had been cold-welding
they had been cold-welding
Conditional
I would cold-weld
you would cold-weld
he/she/it would cold-weld
we would cold-weld
you would cold-weld
they would cold-weld
Past Conditional
I would have cold-welded
you would have cold-welded
he/she/it would have cold-welded
we would have cold-welded
you would have cold-welded
they would have cold-welded
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In extreme cases, it's even possible to cold-weld the solder material to the stencil.
In our case, we build on these theories by inferring that in addition, the possibility of failure to cold-weld the head and taper together on insertion may have led to excessive trunnion wear.
I carefully shaped the end of the silver spoon to the configuration of the trigger guard and attached it with a "cold-weld" epoxy.
Magnetic-pulse welding involves welding similar and dissimilar metals, as well as joining metals and composites, through a fast, efficient, cold-weld process.
The EMXO utilizes a cold-weld sealing process similar to the process used to seal high stability crystal packages.