martemper verb trans. ['mɑ:tɛmpǝ] M20.[from MAR(TENSITE + TEMPER verb1.]Metallurgy. Temper (steel) by quenching rapidly to a temperature just above that at which martensite begins to form, allowing the temperature to stabilize, and then cooling slowly, esp. so that the austenite/martensite transformation is isothermal. Chiefly as
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