cold welding

Meanings

Noun

• 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).

Verb

• Present participle of cold weld

Related

Similar words

• contact welding

Origin

• cold + welding.
• From being a form of welding not requiring adding heat.
• cold weld + -ing