ausform

American  

[aws-fawrm] / ˈɔsˌfɔrm /

verb (used with object)

1. to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.

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Other Word Forms

• ausforming
  noun

Etymology

Origin of ausform

First recorded in 1960–65; aus(tenitic) ( def. ) + (de)form ¹ ( def. )