martempers

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A form of martemper — To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of martemper
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