ausform

[ aws-fawrm ]
/ ˈɔsˌfɔrm /

verb (used with object)

to subject (steel or other metals) to a hardening process that increases its strength and improves its wear properties.

Origin of ausform

First recorded in 1960–65; aus(tenitic) + (de)form1

OTHER WORDS FROM ausform

aus·form·ing, noun

Words nearby ausform

auscultate, auscultation, auscultatory alternans, auscultatory gap, auscultatory percussion, ausform, ausforming, ausgleich, auslander, auslaut, auslese

British Dictionary definitions for ausforming

ausforming
/ (ˈaʊsˌfɔːmɪŋ) /

noun

a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range

Word Origin for ausforming

C20: from aus ( tenitic) + ( de) form