Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Investing

1. In dentistry, covering or enveloping wholly or in part an object such as a denture, tooth, wax form, crown, etc., with a refractory investment material before curing, soldering, or casting.

2. In psychoanalysis, allocating to or charging an object with psychic energy or cathexis.

vacuum investing, the investing of a pattern within a vacuum.