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hardening
n.
process of becoming stiff or hard; toughening
harden
v.
make hard or tough; become hard or tough; strengthen, forge; be forged
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Hardening
Hardening means making a material, particularly a metal, physically harder, and includes particular cases such as:
- Hardening (metallurgy), the strengthening of metal alloys by heat treatment
- Case hardening, the process of hardening the surface of a metal by infusing elements into the material's surface forming a thin layer of a harder alloy
- Air-hardening steel
- Cryogenic hardening
- Differential hardening
- Diffusion hardening
- Fire hardening
- Induction hardening
- Laser hardening
- Precipitation hardening
- Quenching
- Shock hardening
- Work hardening, also called strain hardening or cold working
- Strain hardening exponent, a materials constant used in calculations regarding work hardening
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hardening
Noun
1. abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
(hypernym) symptom
(hyponym) callosity, callus
2. the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"
(synonym) solidifying, solidification, set, curing
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(hyponym) congealment, congelation
(part-holonym) plastination
(derivation) harden, indurate
3. the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
(hypernym) change of integrity
(hyponym) annealing, tempering
(derivation) harden, indurate
harden
Verb
1. become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"
(synonym) indurate
(antonym) soften
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) encrust, incrust
(verb-group) indurate
(derivation) hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
2. make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"
(synonym) indurate
(antonym) soften
(hypernym) change
(hyponym) face-harden
(cause) indurate
(verb-group) indurate
(derivation) hardening
3. harden by reheating and cooling in oil; "temper steel"
(synonym) temper
(hypernym) modify
4. make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
(synonym) season
(hypernym) toughen
5. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"
(synonym) inure, indurate
(hypernym) habituate, accustom
(hyponym) callous, cauterize, cauterise
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harden
v.
ztvrdnout; přitvrdit
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harden
Czas.
twardnieć; utwardzać; usztywniać (się); usztywnić się; znieczulać kogoś (na coś)
