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manganese steel
noun
- 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
- any very hard steel containing manganese (11–14 per cent), used in dredger buckets, rock-crushers, railway points, etc
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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.
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Silicon steel and manganese steel are sometimes classed as alloy steels.
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Like manganese steel, tungsten steel retains its temper even when heated to high temperatures.
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But neither this nor any other procedure softens manganese steel rapidly.
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Tungsten steel and certain classes of manganese steel are malleable only when red-hot.
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