ausform

[ aws-fawrm ]

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

Origin of ausform

1
First recorded in 1960–65; aus(tenitic) + (de)form1

Other words from ausform

  • ausforming, noun

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