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sorbitization

sorbitization noun: the process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.

Noun

sorbitization (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitizations)

  1. The process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.
    • During 1951-1952, experiments were made on quenching (sorbitization) of entire lengths of rail at the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine.1960, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Samarin, Contemporary problems of metallurgy, page 501

Forms of sorbitization

pluralsorbitizations

Questions about sorbitization

What does sorbitization mean?
Sorbitization means the process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.
What part of speech is sorbitization?
Sorbitization is a noun.
What is the plural of sorbitization?
The plural of sorbitization is sorbitizations.

Words near sorbitization in the dictionary

  1. sorbitisations
  2. sorbitise
  3. sorbitised
  4. sorbitises
  5. sorbitising
  6. sorbitization
  7. sorbitizations
  8. sorbitize
  9. sorbitized
  10. sorbitizes
  11. sorbitizing

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