Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superduplex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-perdu-plex
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.

Example Sentences

"Tungsten reinforces the effect of Mo, so that superduplex steel X2CrNiMoCuWN25-7-4 with 0.25% N, 0.8% W and 0.8% Cu reaches PREN > 40."

Etymology

From super- + duplex.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: super-

Questions

What does superduplex mean?: Of stainless steel: having a duplex structure (containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions) and also having unusually high hardness, strength or corrosion resistance.
Where does superduplex come from?: From super- + duplex.

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