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GRANULAR PEARLITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does granular pearlite mean?
• GRANULAR PEARLITE (noun)
The noun GRANULAR PEARLITE has 1 sense:
1. if steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers
Familiarity information: GRANULAR PEARLITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
If steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
globular pearlite; granular pearlite
Hypernyms ("granular pearlite" is a kind of...):
pearlite (a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron)
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