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austempering

austempering is the present participle and gerund of austemper.

Meaning of austemper

Verb

austemper (third-person singular simple present austempers, present participle austempering, simple past and past participle austempered)

  1. (transitive) To harden (a metal) and produce a stronger microstructure by heating it into the austenite region and then immediately quenching and removing any bainite and ausferrite.

Questions about austempering

What is austempering the present participle and gerund of?
Austempering is the present participle and gerund of austemper.

Words near austempering in the dictionary

  1. austausch coefficients
  2. Austell
  3. Austells
  4. austemper
  5. austempered
  6. austempering
  7. austempers
  8. Austen
  9. Austenasia
  10. Austenesque
  11. Austenian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: austempering (page history and authors); austemper (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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