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deadmelting

deadmelting is the present participle and gerund of deadmelt.

Meaning of deadmelt

Verb

deadmelt (third-person singular simple present deadmelts, present participle deadmelting, simple past and past participle deadmelted)

  1. To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
    • At 0.09 per cent. carbon the bath is usually underdone.” because a relatively high temperature is required to deadmelt at this carbon.1917, The Engineer - Volume 124, page 277

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Questions about deadmelting

What is deadmelting the present participle and gerund of?
Deadmelting is the present participle and gerund of deadmelt.

Words near deadmelting in the dictionary

  1. deadman's brake
  2. deadman's brakes
  3. Deadmans
  4. deadmelt
  5. deadmelted
  6. deadmelting
  7. deadmelts
  8. deadmen
  9. deadname
  10. deadnamed
  11. deadnamer

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