
1) Annealing 2) Calcific 3) Callosity 4) Callus 5) Congealment 6) Congelation 7) Curing 8) Enuring 9) Solidification 10) Solidifying
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1) Computer security procedure 2) Metal heat treatment 3) Symptom
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Hardening means making a material, particularly a metal, physically harder, and includes particular cases such as: It also has the metaphorical meaning of making something more resistant to some threat: It may also mean: ...
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[botany] Hardening in botany is the process by which an individual plant becomes tolerant to the effects of freezing during a period of weeks to months. It is a three-stage process. During the first stage, carbohydrates are translocated to the roots of the plant and cell membrane permeability increases. By the end of the first stage, the pl...
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[computing] In computing, hardening is usually the process of securing a system by reducing its surface of vulnerability. A system has a larger vulnerability surface the more functions it fulfills; in principle a single-function system is more secure than a multipurpose one. Reducing available vectors of attack typically includes the remova...
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The process by which the model hardens to its final form.
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• (n.) Making hard or harder. • (n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Harden
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The manual, mechanical, or chemical compaction of the trail tread resulting in a hard and flat surface that sheets water effectively and resists the indentations that are created by use.
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(from the article `cement`) The setting and hardening of a cement is a continuous process, but two points are distinguished for test purposes. The initial setting time is the ... Hardening heat treatments invariably involve heating to a sufficiently high temperature to dissolve solute-rich precipitates. The metal is then ... Hardenin...
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heat treatment consisting in heating the charge to the austenitizing temperature, soaking and fast cooling in order to obtain martensite or bainite structure
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The act or process of becoming hard or harder.
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(hahr´dәn-ing) sclerosis. the process of making more firm. hardening of arteries popular term for arteriosclerosis.
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A method of heat treating metals by heating to a temperature within, or above, the critical range, holding at that temperature for a given time, and then cooling rapidly, usually by quenching in oil or water.
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Making a metal stiffer by working it by bending or hammering. Most metals will change at the molecular level when worked in this manner.
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Bitumen undergoes hardening when it is heated excessively, it is actually an oxidation, and can therefore happen to mixed material which is stored in hot storage, in the presence of oxygen.
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Hard'en·ing noun 1. Making hard or harder.
2. That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: har′den-ing Definitions: 1. A condition of lessened reactions to allergens from repeated or prolonged nontherapeutic exposure, similar to hyposensitization. 2. Any procedure in tissue preparation for examinations (sectioning for microscopy) that renders the tissue firmer.
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Any process which increases the hardness of a metal. Usually heating and quenching certain iron base alloys from a temperature either within or above the critical temperature range.
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Increasing the hardness by suitable treatment, usually involving heating and cooling.
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Increasing the hardness by suitable treatment, usually involving heating and cooling. When applicable,the following more specific terms should be used: age hardening, case hardening, flame hardening, inductionhardening, precipitation hardening,, quench hardening and through hardening. See also: Hardenability, Jominy Test, Oil Hardening, Vicker's Ha...
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noun the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
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When portland cement is mixed with enough water to form a paste, the compounds of the cement react with water to form cementitious products that adhere to each other and to the intermixed sand and stone particles and become very hard. As long as moisture is present, the reaction may continue for years, adding continually to the strength of the mixt...
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Refers to a metalworking or metallurgical process that increases hardness of stainless steel and other metals. There are five methods, including Hall-Petch method, Work Hardening, Solid Solution Strengthening, Precipitation Hardening, and Martenistic Transformation. They all basically translate into the same thing, which is to increase resistance t...
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Increasing hardness by suitable treatment, usually involving heating and cooling. When applicable, the following more specific terms should be used: age hardening, case hardening, flame hardening, induction hardening, precipitation hardening, quench hardening.
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A process used to increase the hardness of steel. The process usually requires heating, quenching, tempering and cooling.
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