EUTECTOID STEEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A steel that contains 0.9% carbon (the eutectic point); a carbon steel with 0.9% carbon is pure pearlite

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("eutectoid steel" is a kind of...):

carbon steel (steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains)

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