Dwight-Lloyd

adjective

ˈdwīt¦lȯid

: relating to a process for roasting and sintering fine ores whereby the ore is ignited in a thin layer on a traveling grate which passes over a suction box

Word History

Etymology

after A.S.Dwight †1946 and R.L.Lloyd, born 1870 American mining engineers

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