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cementite

cementite noun: a form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel.

Noun

cementite (countable and uncountable, plural cementites)

  1. A form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel.

cementite meaning in Tamil

cementite in Tamil

கடின இரும்பு, சீமந்தைற்று

Forms of cementite

pluralcementites

Origin of cementite

From cement + -ite.

Words formed from cementite

Questions about cementite

What does cementite mean?
Cementite means a form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel.
What is cementite in Tamil?
Cementite in Tamil is கடின இரும்பு, சீமந்தைற்று. See Cementite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cementite?
Cementite is a noun.
What is the plural of cementite?
The plural of cementite is cementites.

Words near cementite in the dictionary

  1. cementify
  2. cementifying
  3. cementing
  4. cementing together
  5. cementings
  6. cementite
  7. cementites
  8. cementitic
  9. cementitious
  10. cementless
  11. cementlike

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cementite (page history and authors); cementite (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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