Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
marsupium
Mart.
mart
Martaban, Gulf of
martagon
martelé
Martello
marten
martensite
Martha
Martha’s Vineyard
martial
martial art
martial law
Martian
martin
Martin Luther King Day
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

martensite
mar·ten·site [ mrt'n zt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
iron-carbon material: the hard solid solution of iron and carbon used in making hardened steel tools
[Late 19th century. After Adolf Martens (1850-1914), German metallurgist]

mar·ten·sit·ic [ mrt'n zíttik ] adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft