Thesaurus: cementation

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1. n. The act or process of cementing.
2. n. A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.
3. 1. The act or process of cementing. 2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.
4. A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with thepowder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree notsufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body beingchanged by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steelby cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain bycementation with sand.
5. n. The act or process of cementing. n. A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.