dispersion hardening

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noun

the strengthening of an alloy as a result of the presence of fine particles in the lattice

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Words nearby dispersion hardening

dispersal zone, dispersant, disperse, disperse dye, dispersion, dispersion hardening, dispersion relation, dispersive, dispersive medium, dispersive power, dispersoid

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How to use dispersion hardening in a sentence

This resulted in an unprecedented dispersion of property ownership.
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The quicker the finished product gets into the hardening cabinet, the smaller the ice crystals.
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The drug halts the development of atherosclerosis, a word referring to the hardening of the arteries.
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The force of the two reacting spreads the foam through the chest cavity, hardening to apply pressure to any bleed sites.
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The hardening of an idea into a plan for a novel is a vague process and hard to describe.
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Here are four distinct predictions; national peculiarity, grievous oppression, universal dispersion and remarkable preservation.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
She saw the tightening of his lips, the hardening of his eyes, beyond which he gave no other sign that she had hit him.
Mistress Wilding|Rafael Sabatini
There was in it the indefinable hardening and ageing which seemed to Boyson to have affected the whole personality.
Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward
The dispersion of the gusts shakes the streaming locks of the wind upon the four corners of the horizon.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo
In February, 1778, there was almost a famine in the camp, and Washington feared a general mutiny and dispersion.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt