slaglessness

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noun

The quality of being free from slag.

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Meanings

nounslaglessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableengineeringThe quality of being free from slag.

    But the former lack the essential quality — slaglessness — which makes the latter steel, and the latter lack the essential quality — the hardening power — which makes the former steel.

    1906, Henry Marion Howe, Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys, page 174

Origin

From slagless + -ness.

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Translations

German Schlackenlosigkeit
  • Schlackenlosigkeitquality of being free from slag
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APA

slaglessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaglessness

MLA

“slaglessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaglessness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slaglessness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaglessness.

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