Meanings
nounnitriding (plural nitridings)
plural nitridings
- A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia.
Stabilization of fluctuations by carbon creates prerequisites during nitriding for the transformation of the chromocarbon cluster into the nitride phase.
2023, Eugene De Silva, Pramudi Abeydeera (editors), Innovations in Materials Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering Research, page 70
Origin
- Egyptiannṯr
- Egyptiannṯrj
- Ancient Greekνίτρον (nítron)
- Latinnitrum
- Frenchnitre
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchnitrogène
- Englishnitr(ogen)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishnitride
- Englishnitriding
Translations
French nitruration
- nitrurationmethod of hardening steel
German Nitrieren
- Nitrierenmethod of hardening steel
Italian nitrurazione
- nitrurazionemethod of hardening steel
Polish azotowanie
- azotowaniemethod of hardening steel
Portuguese nitretação
- nitretaçãomethod of hardening steel
Russian азотирова́ние
- азотирова́ние (azotirovánije)method of hardening steel
Spanish nitruración
- nitruraciónmethod of hardening steel
Cite this entry
APA
nitriding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitriding
MLA
“nitriding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitriding. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nitriding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nitriding.
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