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manganese steel

noun

  1. any of various steels containing manganese, especially one that has up to 14 percent manganese, used in work involving heavy strains and impacts.


manganese steel

noun

  1. any very hard steel containing manganese (11–14 per cent), used in dredger buckets, rock-crushers, railway points, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of manganese steel1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

The British tree consisted of an oval shell of manganese steel.

Silicon steel and manganese steel are sometimes classed as alloy steels.

Like manganese steel, tungsten steel retains its temper even when heated to high temperatures.

But neither this nor any other procedure softens manganese steel rapidly.

Tungsten steel and certain classes of manganese steel are malleable only when red-hot.

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