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☆ mar·ag·ing steel (mär′ā′jiŋ)

a nickel-iron alloy of extremely high strength, produced from martensite steel by spontaneous hardening at moderate temperatures without quenching

Etymology: mar(tensite) + aging, spontaneous hardening of metals during storage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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