LOST-WAX PROCESS


Meaning of LOST-WAX PROCESS in English

/lawst"waks", lost"-/ , Metall.

a process of investment casting in which a refractory mold is built up around a pattern of wax and then baked so as to melt and drain off the wax. Also called cire perdue .

[ 1930-35; trans. of F cire perdue ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .