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verb
To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: marquench
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quench, harden, heat-treat
History
By surface analysis, blend of martensitic + temper, or, by surface analysis, mar- + temper.
