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high-speed steel

high-speed steel is the alternative form of high speed steel.

Meaning of high speed steel

Noun

high speed steel (countable and uncountable, plural high speed steels)

  1. A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.
    Synonyms:
    HSS

Forms of high-speed steel

pluralhigh-speed steels

Questions about high-speed steel

What is high-speed steel the alternative form of?
High-speed steel is the alternative form of high speed steel.

Words near high-speed steel in the dictionary

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  6. high-speed steel
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