martensitic

English

Etymology

From martensite +‎ -ic.

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martensitic (comparative more martensitic, superlative most martensitic)

  1. Of or relating to the mineral martensite.
    Coordinate term: austenitic
  2. (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to a diffusionless transition of one crystal structure to another generated by coordinated atomic, ionic or molecular displacements over small distances (first studied in the mineral).
    Coordinate term: austenitic

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