The industrial process of coating an object with a layer of metal by using electricity to move metal ions from a solution onto the object's surface.
From electroplate with the gerund/present participle suffix -ing, indicating the continuous action or process of electroplating.
Electroplating created the modern economy—it made chrome-plated cars, silver-plated silverware, and gold-plated jewelry affordable for middle-class families, fundamentally changing consumer culture in the 1800s and 1900s.
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