Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of martemper
nounmartempering (usually uncountable, plural martemperings)
plural martemperings
- uncountableusuallyAn act or process by which one martempers a piece of steel.
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 […]
1946, Industrial Gas, volume 25, page 19Synonyms: marquenching
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn act or process by which one martempers a piece of steel.
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From martemper + -ing; more at martemper.
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