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high speed steel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
high- speed s-teel
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

high speed steels (plural) high-speed steel (alternative)

Synonyms

HSS

Questions

What does high speed steel mean?
A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical.

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