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hardenite

hardenite noun: a structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.

Noun

hardenite (uncountable)

  1. A structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.
    • Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!

Origin of hardenite

From harden + -ite?

Questions about hardenite

What does hardenite mean?
Hardenite means a structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.
What part of speech is hardenite?
Hardenite is a noun.

Words near hardenite in the dictionary

  1. hardening
  2. hardening one's neck
  3. hardening someone's heart
  4. hardening up
  5. hardenings
  6. hardenite
  7. Hardenne
  8. hardens
  9. hardens one's neck
  10. hardens someone's heart
  11. hardens up

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