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martemper

martemper verb: to subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.

Verb

martemper (third-person singular simple present martempers, present participle martempering, simple past and past participle martempered)

  1. (transitive) To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
    Synonyms:
    marquench

Synonyms of martemper

Forms of martemper

third-person singular presentmartempers
present participlemartempering
past participlemartempered
pastmartempered

Origin of martemper

By surface analysis, blend of martensitic + temper, or, by surface analysis, mar- + temper.

Questions about martemper

What does martemper mean?
Martemper means to subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
What part of speech is martemper?
Martemper is a verb.
What is the past tense of martemper?
The past tense of martemper is martempered.

Words near martemper in the dictionary

  1. marteloscopes
  2. martels
  3. martels de fer
  4. martelé
  5. martelés
  6. martemper
  7. martempered
  8. martempering
  9. martemperings
  10. martempers
  11. marten

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