metalurgiczny

Metalurgiczny is a Polish adjective that denotes relation to metallurgy, the branch of science and industry concerned with metals, their extraction, refinement, alloying, and processing. The term is used to describe concepts, processes, and institutions connected with metallurgical work.

Common usages include przemysł metalurgiczny (the metallurgical industry), inżynieria metalurgiczna (metallurgical engineering), badania metalurgiczne (metallurgical research), and proces metalurgiczny (a metallurgical process). The word appears in technical and academic contexts as well as in industry reports and standards.

Grammar and form: metalurgiczny forms the masculine singular; feminine is metalurgiczna and neuter is metalurgiczne. It agrees with the noun it modifies, for example metalurgiczny proces, metalurgiczna technika, metalurgiczne metody.

Origin: the adjective is derived from the noun metalurgia (metallurgy) with the Polish suffix -iczny, indicating a relation to the field. In English the corresponding term is metallurgical.