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"aging",
"aging#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(material science) Initialism of solution treating and aging (in heat treating of materials)."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"initialism",
"material"
],
"topics": [
"science",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-STA.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c3/En-au-STA.ogg/En-au-STA.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/En-au-STA.ogg"
}
],
"word": "STA"
}
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