Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of one who or that which solders.
  • noun A soldered place or part.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • a. & n. from solder, v. t.
  • an instrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copper having a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of solder.
  • noun A method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fastening firmly together

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Examples

  • Some soldering is required in this set of instructions, but if you’re not experienced with this more advanced DIY skill, there are many types of LED rope lights that have all sorts of different pre-made connectors available.

    LED Deck Lighting Adds Some Zazz To Your Party | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Component to printed circuit board soldering, that is.

    Resurrect dead on planet Jupiter 2009

  • My existing metal-joining technology, silver soldering aka brazing would produce joints that would melt like butter at 600 degrees Celsius or so, which is a far cry from the thousand-degree environments I play with...

    Snell-Pym » 2008 » July 2008

  • My existing metal-joining technology, silver soldering aka brazing would produce joints that would melt like butter at 600 degrees Celsius or so, which is a far cry from the thousand-degree environments I play with...

    Snell-Pym » Learning basic manual metal arc (stick) welding and MIG welding 2008

  • I hear that you are still at your old business, making legars, setting rabbit looops and fishing, take my advice and stick too it, for it is a darned sight better than soldering, that is in the wrong cause.

    Franklin County: Sam Pile to George Miller, January 10, 1863 Sam Pile 1863

  • The soldering gun, also called a soldering iron, is an important and effective tool for anyone who wires electronics or builds computers.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • This is where the frustrating activity known as soldering comes in.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • In 340+ pages, Make: Electronics takes you from the most basic aspects of electronic components and theory to essential techniques, such as soldering and using a multimeter, gathering basic tools and setting up a workshop, all the way up to working with integrated circuits, microcontrollers, and building sophisticated devices such as robots.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • A form such as 'soldering' might follow the same pattern or, if it was something I found myself saying regular, I can imagine that it would start to sound like 'soldiering' more regularly.

    languagehat.com: SOLDER. 2004

  • Fluxes, such as soldering tincture or soldering paste, become detrimental to the properties of soldered joints in the course of time.

    3. Soldered Joints M. Liesegang 1991

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