martensitic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
martensite + -ic
Adjective[edit]
martensitic (comparative more martensitic, superlative most martensitic)
- Of or relating to the mineral martensite.
- (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to a diffusionless transition of one crystal structure to another generated by coordinated atomic, ionic or molecular displacements over small distances (first studied in the mineral).