acierate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French aciérage, from acier (“steel”).
Verb[edit]
acierate (third-person singular simple present acierates, present participle acierating, simple past and past participle acierated)
- To convert iron into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
- The success of an attempt to acierate iron will depend on the amount of nitrogen contained by the iron during carburation.
- As an economy measure, the manufacturer decided to use iron rather than steel, but to acierate the surface to limit oxidation.
