電冶 diànyě to smelt electrically Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 电 電 diàn noun abbreviation of 电热 電熱 diànrè electric heat Heat produced by converting electrical energy into thermal energy; electrothermal冶 yě abbreviation of 冶金 yějīn metallurgy the science and technology of extracting metals from their ores and of modifying the properties of metals