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austenite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑstɪnaɪt/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɒstɪnaɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈɔstɪnaɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

After William Roberts-Austen (1843-1902).

Meanings

  1. Synonym of gamma iron.
    • Any deformation undergone by the material while at a low temperature, in the martenite phase, is eliminated when the alloy is heated and returns to the austenite phase[...] 2022, Laura Tripaldi, “A Many-Headed Thing”, in Parallel Minds, Urbanomic Media LTD, page 43:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Austenite alternative lexicographic
austenites Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

austenitize · austenitic · austemper

Relateds

austinite

Synonyms

gamma iron

Translations (10)

ca austenita (Translations) · pl austenit (Translations) · it austenite (Translations) · pt austenita (Translations) · pt austenite (Translations) · de Austenit (Translations) · es austenita (Translations) · cmn 沃斯田鐵 /沃斯田铁 (Translations) · fr austénite (Translations) · cmn 奧氏體 /奥氏体 (Translations)

wikidata: Q487286 · wikipedia: William Chandler Roberts-Austen