Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of sorbite: as, sorbitic steel.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
sorbite .
Etymologies
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sorbite + -ic
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Examples
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After this treatment, the chisels have a dead hard point and a tough or sorbitic shaft.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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350° C. up to just below the lower critical, and forms sorbitic steel; while "annealing" refers to a heating for grain size at or above the transformation ranges, followed by a slow cooling.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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