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precipitation hardening

precipitation hardening noun: age hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.

Noun

precipitation hardening (uncountable)

  1. Age hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.

Questions about precipitation hardening

What does precipitation hardening mean?
Precipitation hardening means age hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.
What part of speech is precipitation hardening?
Precipitation hardening is a noun.

Words near precipitation hardening in the dictionary

  1. precipitates
  2. precipitatest
  3. precipitateth
  4. precipitating
  5. precipitation
  6. precipitation hardening
  7. precipitation reaction
  8. precipitation reactions
  9. precipitationless
  10. precipitations
  11. precipitationshed

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