Martempering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An act or process by which one martempers a piece of steel. uncountable, usually

    "Atwood Vacuum Machine Co.'s experience with modified martemperings has been very satisfactory. It has now been adopted as standard procedure for most all of the oil hardening […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of martemper form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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marquenching

Example

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"Atwood Vacuum Machine Co.'s experience with modified martemperings has been very satisfactory. It has now been adopted as standard procedure for most all of the oil hardening […]"

Etymology

From martemper + -ing; more at martemper.

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