acierate
/ˈeɪsiəɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The effect of manganese, whose influence on acieration is known to all manufacturers, is probably due to its rapid oxidation, thus producing a metallic oxide capable of completing the fining of the iron, and this, by eliminating any foreign body, facilitates the acierating process."
- "It was noted by Biringuccio in 1540, and described by Agricola in "De Re Metallica" 1561 — that a bar of wrought iron, kept immersed long in molten cast iron, became acierated by taking up the carbon of the cast iron."
- "Activities: Production of stone crushers (capacity from 0.3 to 2.5 metric tonnes a batch), blasting machines (compression capacity of 160 tonnes), and steel-acierating machines."
Etymology
From French aciérage, from acier (“steel”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: aciérage