GLOBULAR PEARLITE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

If steel or iron cool very slowly the cementite may occur in globules instead of in layers

Synonyms:

globular pearlite; granular pearlite

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("globular pearlite" is a kind of...):

pearlite (a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron)

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