Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat (metal, for example) by alternate heating and cooling in order to produce desired characteristics, such as increased hardness; temper.
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Examples
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In their first semester, students in the new School of Aeronautics learned to weld, machine and heat-treat metals, and do sand casting.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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In their first semester, students in the new School of Aeronautics learned to weld, machine and heat-treat metals, and do sand casting.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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In their first semester, students in the new School of Aeronautics learned to weld, machine and heat-treat metals, and do sand casting.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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In their first semester, students in the new School of Aeronautics learned to weld, machine and heat-treat metals, and do sand casting.
First Man James R. Hansen 2005
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Wade, as chief chemist, you are to synthesize a little coffee and heat-treat a few eggs for us.
Islands of Space John Wood Campbell 1940
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It is piped both to the Rouge and Highland Park plants where it is used for heat-treat purposes, for the enamelling ovens, for the car ovens, and the like.
My Life and Work Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1922
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Again, the camshaft has to have heat treatment in order to make the surface hard; the cam shafts always came out of the heat-treat oven somewhat warped, and even back in 1918, we employed 37 men just to straighten the shafts.
My Life and Work Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1922
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It is piped both to the Rouge and Highland Park plants where it is used for heat-treat purposes, for the enamelling ovens, for the car ovens, and the like.
My Life and Work Henry Ford 1905
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Again, the camshaft has to have heat treatment in order to make the surface hard; the cam shafts always came out of the heat-treat oven somewhat warped, and even back in 1918, we employed 37 men just to straighten the shafts.
My Life and Work Henry Ford 1905
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That's why he expects his best suppliers to have and use value-added processes to heat-treat or fabricate the steel and aluminum he buys, and the systems to allow for automated ordering.
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