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HSS

HSS is the initialism of high speed steel.

HSS is the initialism of Hughes-Stovin syndrome.

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

Meaning of Hughes-Stovin syndrome

Noun

Hughes-Stovin syndrome (uncountable)

  1. A rare autoimmune disorder, a form of vasculitis.

Questions about HSS

What is HSS the initialism of?
HSS is the initialism of high speed steel.

Words near HSS in the dictionary

  1. HSP
  2. HSPA
  3. HSPs
  4. HSQLDB
  5. HSR
  6. HSS
  7. HSSA
  8. HSSH
  9. HST
  10. hstead
  11. hsteads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: HSS (page history and authors); high speed steel (page history and authors); Hughes-Stovin syndrome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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