bainite
[bey-nahyt]
noun Metallurgy.
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
Origin of bainite
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bainite
noun
Word Origin for bainite
C20: named after Edgar C. Bain (1891–1971), American physicist; see -ite 1
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