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ballizing

ballizing is the present participle and gerund of ballize.

Meaning of ballize

Verb

ballize (third-person singular simple present ballizes, present participle ballizing, simple past and past participle ballized)

  1. (transitive) To burnish (metal) by a technique that involves pushing an oversized ball through a hole.
    • It is possible to ballize stainless steel1982, Engineering Materials and Design, volume 26, page 11
  2. (intransitive) To undergo such a process.
    • Metals that ballize successfully are: Sintered iron, sintered brass and other sintered materials. Aluminium, brass, bronze, copper, lead and cadmium. Mild and tool steels. […]1971, Science and Australian Technology, volumes 9-12, page 16

Questions about ballizing

What is ballizing the present participle and gerund of?
Ballizing is the present participle and gerund of ballize.

Words near ballizing in the dictionary

  1. ballium
  2. balliums
  3. ballize
  4. ballized
  5. ballizes
  6. ballizing
  7. balljoint
  8. balljoints
  9. balljuice
  10. ballkicker
  11. ballkickers

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