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Definition of Hardening

1. Noun. Abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue.

2. Noun. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization. "He tested the set of the glue"

3. Noun. The act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact).

Definition of Hardening

1. n. Making hard or harder.

Definition of Hardening

1. Verb. (present participle of harden) ¹

2. Noun. The process by which something hardens. ¹

3. Noun. That which hardens, such as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hardening

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardening

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hardened pelvis hardener hardeners hardenest hardeneth hardening hardening of the arteries hardenings hardens harder

harder-won harder put harderian harderian gland harders hardest hardest-won hardest put hardface hardfaces

Literary usage of Hardening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"CHAPTER XVI THE Hardening OF STEEL References have already been made in these ... The close relation existing between the hardening of steel and its ..."

2. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1897)
"The Double Hardening Of Steel.—The double hardening of steel consists in reheating the once-hardened steel to a somewhat lower temperature a second time, ..."

3. The Microtomist's Vade-mecum: A Handbook of the Methods of Microscopic Anatomy by Arthur Bolles Lee (1893)
"Hardening REAGENTS. 67. The Obligation of Hardening.—Methods of imbedding have now been brought to such a degree of perfection that the thorough hardening ..."

4. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"—Some Vegetable substances, on the other hand, are too soft to be cut sufficiently thin without previous hardening, either by allowing them to ..."

5. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"All large sections, if solid, must be reheated immediately after hardening in order to relieve the internal stresses and strains, else incipient fractures ..."

6. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"All large sections, if solid, must be reheated immediately after hardening in order to relieve the internal stresses and strains, else incipient fractures ..."

7. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture, Properties, and Uses by Adelbert Philo Mills (1915)
"Case-hardening Steels. Case-hardening is a form of cementation applied to low- or ... Case-hardening is especially applicable to the construction of ..."

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