zygology
(zaɪˈgɒlədʒɪ)
[f. zygo- + -ology: coined by Mr. C. G. Hardie, Magdalen College, Oxford.]
The branch of technology concerned with joining and fastening. Hence zygoˈlogical a., zyˈgologist.
| 1970 Assembly & Fastener Engin. Oct. 48/3 We at Oxford Polytechnic are now offering courses in Zygology. Ibid., I do not wish to suggest that all your readers should be considered as practising zygologists. 1971 New Electronics May 56 (Advt.), We are zygologists—experts in fastening techniques. We have specialised in riveting for years. 1973 Oxford Times 14 Dec. 40 (Advt.), Oxford Polytechnic... Postgraduate diploma in zygology. 1976 W. C. Wake Adhesion i. 4 Adhesion science should thus include adhesives and joints under its wing and is, if the reader likes classification, a branch of zygology. 1978 Engin. Materials & Design Apr. 37/2 Not that adhesion is the only zygological process available for joining one piece of plastics material to another. |