Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 8 compound words that contain hardening. The most common are listed below. Open hardening in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- work hardeningThe repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either desirable or undesirable …
- precipitation hardeningAge hardening; a heat treatment technique to increase the yield strength of malleable materials.
- case hardeningpresent participle and gerund of case harden
- radiation hardeningThe protection of semiconductor devices from the effects of ionizing radiation.
- strain hardeningSynonym of work hardening: The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either …
- hammer-hardeningpresent participle and gerund of hammer-harden
- hardening uppresent participle and gerund of harden up
- self-hardeningDesignating, or pertaining to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with …
- hardening one's neckpresent participle and gerund of harden one's neck
- hardening someone's heartpresent participle and gerund of harden someone's heart
Compound words 8
- nonhardeningThat does not harden.
- thermohardeninghardening by means of heat
- casehardeningpresent participle and gerund of caseharden
- overhardeningpresent participle and gerund of overharden
- photohardeningpresent participle and gerund of photoharden
- prehardeningpresent participle and gerund of preharden
- semihardeningpresent participle and gerund of semiharden
- superhardeningpresent participle and gerund of superharden