"bainite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bainites [plural]
Etymology: From Bain + -ite, after metallurgist Edgar Bain. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Bain|ite}} Bain + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} bainite (plural bainites)
  1. (metallurgy) A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix. Wikidata QID: Q575611 Derived forms: bainite transition, bainitic Translations (Translations): 貝氏體 /贝氏体 (Bèishìtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 變韌鐵 /变韧铁 (Chinese Mandarin), bainit [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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