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English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
Assay office — Assay offices are institutions set up to assay (test the purity of) precious metal items, to protect consumers. Upon successful completion of the assay, (i.e. the metallurgical content is found to be equal or better than that claimed by the maker … Wikipedia
Assay — As*say , n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See {Essay}, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assay master — Assay As*say , n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See {Essay}, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Assay ton — Assay As*say , n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See {Essay}, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assay office — ➔ office * * * assay office UK US noun [C] ► an office where objects made of gold, silver, etc. are given an official mark to show how pure the metal in them is … Financial and business terms
assay — [as′ā, a sā′; ] for v. [ a sā′, əsā] n. [ME & Anglo Fr assai < OFr essai, trial: see ESSAY, n.] 1. an examination or testing 2. the analysis of an ore, alloy, drug, etc. to determine the nature, proportion, or purity of the ingredients 3. a… … English World dictionary
assay-master — assayˈ master noun An officer who determines the amount of gold or silver in coin or bullion • • • Main Entry: ↑assay … Useful english dictionary
Assay — An assay is a procedure where a property or concentration of an analyte is measured.There are numerous types of assays, such as an antigen capture assay, bioassay, competitive protein binding assay, crude oil assay, four point assay, immunoassay … Wikipedia
Assay Office (Boise, Idaho) — Infobox nrhp | name =Assay Office nrhp type =nhl caption = location= 210 Main Street, Boise, Idaho lat degrees = 43 lat minutes = 36 lat seconds = 40.98 lat direction = N long degrees = 116 long minutes = 11 long seconds = 45.03 long direction =… … Wikipedia
Gold as an investment — Reserves of SDR, forex and gold in 2006 … Wikipedia
assay office — noun : a government or commercial office and laboratory in which assays are made (as of precious metals) * * * a local testing station for assaying ore, as gold or silver, esp. a government station maintained in connection with the registration… … Useful english dictionary