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Grammar : Noun
Spell : see-muh n-tey-shuh n, -men-, sem-uh n-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsi mənˈteɪ ʃən, -mɛn-, ˌsɛm ən-

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Définition of cementation

Origin :
  • 1590s, from cement + -ation.
  • As in coherence : noun agreement
Example sentences :
  • The product obtained by this method is known as cementation steel.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
  • The most common method of forming steel is by the process of cementation.
  • Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen
  • It seems probable that the Ancients did part gold and silver by cementation.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • That it refers to cementation at all hangs by a slender thread, but it seems more nearly this than anything else.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • He also gives the method of parting with antimony and sulphur, and by cementation with common salt.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • He was familiar with amalgamation, cupellation, the separation of gold and silver by cementation with salt and by nitric acid.
  • Extract from : « De Re Metallica » by Georgius Agricola
  • If the cementation be continued too long, the steel acquires a darkish fracture, it is more fusible, and incapable of welding.
  • Extract from : « Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry » by Joseph Priestley
  • After cementation the plate is heated to a certain temperature and is then plunged into an oil bath in order to toughen it.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The progress of the cementation is discovered by drawing a test bar from an aperture in the side.
  • Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen
  • But steel of cementation, however carefully made, is never quite equable in its texture.
  • Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen

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