soft steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft steel
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Radus began by building an unusually strong magnet, a slice of ceramic material sandwiched between flat plates of soft steel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A bolt may be used instead of the wire, but the wire loses its magnetism much quicker than a soft steel bolt would.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John
In the United States services soft steel is used for the purpose.
From The Development of Armor-piercing Shells with Suggestions for their Improvement by Carlos de Zafra
This is called "rocking" and by it the soft steel of the roll is forced into the die and a reverse impression of the design is obtained.
From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by John N. Luff
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