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hamon

hamon noun: a wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.

hamon: a wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard...
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Noun

hamon (plural hamons)

  1. A wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.

Forms of hamon

pluralhamons

Origin of hamon

From Japanese 刃文.

Questions about hamon

What does hamon mean?
Hamon means a wavy line found on steel products that have been hardened differentially, with soft and hard steel sections, where the tempered steel is separated from the softer parts by the hamon.
What part of speech is hamon?
Hamon is a noun.
What is the plural of hamon?
The plural of hamon is hamons.

Words near hamon in the dictionary

  1. Hamnet
  2. Hamnett
  3. Hamnigan
  4. Hamoaze
  5. Hamogaway
  6. hamon
  7. hamons
  8. Hamont-Achel
  9. Hamorawon
  10. hamose
  11. hamotzi

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