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work hardenings

work hardenings is the plural of work hardening.

Meaning of work hardening

Noun

work hardening (countable and uncountable, plural work hardenings)

  1. The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either desirable or undesirable depending on the aims and circumstances in a metalworking task.)
    • The toolpath strategies for milling inconel must account for the work hardening that the cutting tool induces.

Questions about work hardenings

What is work hardenings the plural of?
Work hardenings is the plural of work hardening.

Words near work hardenings in the dictionary

  1. work gang
  2. work gangs
  3. work group
  4. work groups
  5. work hardening
  6. work hardenings
  7. work histories
  8. work history
  9. work horse
  10. work horses
  11. work house

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