ausform
[ aws-fawrm ]
verb (used with object)
to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.
Origin of ausform
1First recorded in 1960–65; aus(tenitic) + (de)form1
Other words from ausform
- ausforming, noun
Words Nearby ausform
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