tempering
1Tempering — Tem per*ing, n. (Metal.) The process of giving the requisite degree of hardness or softness to a substance, as iron and steel; especially, the process of giving to steel the degree of hardness required for various purposes, consisting usually in… …
2Tempering — Tempering. См. Отпуск. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …
3tempering — index abatement (reduction), mitigating, palliative (abating) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4Tempering — For other uses, see Temper (disambiguation). Tempered steel. The various colors produced indicate the temperature to which the steel was heated. Light straw indicates 204 °C (399 °F) and light blue indicates 337 °C (639 °F) …
5tempering — Heat treating of metal alloys, particularly steel, to reduce brittleness and restore ductility. In tempering, steel is slowly heated to a temperature between 300 and 1,300 °F (150 and 700 °C), depending on desired properties, in an oil or salt… …
6tempering — mar·tempering; tempering; …
7tempering — moderating moderating adj. lessening in intensity or strength. Opposite of {intensifying}. [Narrower terms: {tempering}; {weakening}] [WordNet 1.5] …
8Tempering — Temper Tem per, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tempered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tempering}.] [AS. temprian or OF. temper, F. temp[ e]rer, and (in sense 3) temper, L. temperare, akin to tempus time. Cf. {Temporal}, {Distemper}, {Tamper}.] 1. To mingle in due… …
9tempering — a heat treatment applied to ferrous products after hardening. It consists of heating the steel to some temperature below the transformation range and holding for a suitable time at the temperature, followed by cooling at a suitable rate. The… …
10tempering — atleidimas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Grūdinto plieno kaitinimas iki 150–650 °C, laikymas (0,5–3 h) joje ir ataušinimas. atitikmenys: angl. tempering rus. отпуск; отпускание …
