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pearlite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pearlite \Pearl"ite\, Pearlstone \Pearl"stone`\, n. (Min.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under {Perlitic}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pearlite n : a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a micro-constituent of steel and cast iron
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