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cementite

noun

Etymology

From cement + -ite.

  1. inherited from syment
  2. suffixed as cementite — “cement + ite”

Definitions

  1. A form of iron carbide, Fe₃C, that is a component of steel.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA