case-hardened

case-hardened — adjective used of persons; emotionally hardened faced a case hardened judge • Syn: ↑hardened, ↑hard boiled • Similar to: ↑hard …   Useful english dictionary

case hardened — Synonyms and related words: Philistine, acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, backed, balking, balky, bigoted, brazen, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, calcified, callous, calloused, conditioned,… …   Moby Thesaurus

case-hardened — adjective see case harden …   New Collegiate Dictionary

case hardened — adjective Metal that is harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process …   Wiktionary

case-hardened — adjective made callous or tough by experience. → case harden …   English new terms dictionary

case hardened steel — Смотри цементуемая сталь …   Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

case hardened (carbu-rized) steel — Смотри цементуемая сталь …   Энциклопедический словарь по металлургии

case-hardened steel — noun steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal • Hypernyms: ↑steel …   Useful english dictionary

Case hardening — or surface hardening is the process of hardening the surface of a metal, often a low carbon steel, by infusing elements into the material s surface, forming a thin layer of a harder alloy. Case hardening is usually done after the part in question …   Wikipedia

hardened — [adj] unfeeling accustomed, benumbed, callous, case hardened, coldhearted*, contemptuous, cruel, disdainful, habituated, hard as nails*, hard bitten*, hard boiled*, hardhearted*, heartless, impenetrable, impious, inaccessible, indurated, inured,… …   New thesaurus

hardened — adjective 1. used of persons; emotionally hardened (Freq. 1) faced a case hardened judge • Syn: ↑case hardened, ↑hard boiled • Similar to: ↑hard 2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment …   Useful english dictionary