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Definitions of hardening in various dictionaries:
noun - abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue
noun - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
noun - the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)
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| Jan 27 2011 The Times - Concise |
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| -sclerosis,as in "of an artery" |
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| make or become hard or harder. |
| Make or become hard or harder. |
| The act or process of becoming hard or harder. |
| Something that hardens, as a substance added to iron to yield steel. |
| Gradual exposure of plants to cold weather. |
| the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) |
| the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization |
| abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue |
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Hardening means making a material, particularly a metal, physically harder, and includes particular cases such as:* Hardening (metallurgy), the strengthening of metal alloys by heat treatment * Case hardening, the process of hardening the surface of a metal by infusing elements into the material's surface forming a thin layer of a harder alloy * Case hardening of rocks * Case hardening (woodworking) * Air-hardening steel * Cryogenic hardening * Differential hardening * Diffusion hardening * Fire hardening * Induction hardening * Laser hardening * Precipitation hardening * Quenching * Shock hardening * Work hardening, also called strain hardening or cold working * Strain hardening exponent, a materials constant used in calculations regarding work hardeningIt also has the metaphorical meaning of making something more resistant to some threat: * * Hardening (botany) or cold hardening, the process by which a plant survives freezing temperatures * Hardening (computing), the process of securing a system * Intellectual property hardening * Target hardening, making a military or civilian installation resistant to armed attack * Radiation hardening, making a component or installation resistant to ionizing radiation * g-hardening, protection of something against high g-force due to acceleration * Windows Service Hardening, protection of Microsoft Windows servicesIt may also mean: * * Absorption hardening, in nuclear engineering, an increase in the average energy of neutrons by absorption of those of lower energy * Hardening of the arteries * a synonym for sclerotization occurring in arthropods |