| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Belgian process | Mining | A process (no longer used) to smelt zinc in which roasted zinc ore is mixed with a reducing material, such as coal or coke, placed in cylindrical retorts, and heated in a furnace, such that the escaping zinc vapor is condensed from the open end of the retort. (references) | |
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