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cementation
CIDE DICTIONARY
cementation, n.
- The act or process of cementing. [1913 Webster]
- A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cementation, n.
1 the act or process of cementing or being cemented.
2 the heating of iron with charcoal powder to form steel.
1 the act or process of cementing or being cemented.
2 the heating of iron with charcoal powder to form steel.
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cementation
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