hardenite en · NOUN
Etymology
From harden + -ite?
Meanings
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(uncountable) A structureless mixture of martensite and austenite.
Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder,[…]
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 4, in Well Tackled!: