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ce•ment•ite
(si men′tīt),USA pronunciation n. [Metall.]
- Metallurgyan iron carbide, Fe3C, a constituent of steel and cast iron, sometimes with part of its iron replaced by another metal, as manganese.
- cement + -ite1 1885–90
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