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high speed steels

high speed steels is the plural 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

Questions about high speed steels

What is high speed steels the plural of?
High speed steels is the plural of high speed steel.

Words near high speed steels in the dictionary

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