NITRIDING

Noun

nitriding (plural nitridings)

A method of case hardening steel by the surface absorption of nitrogen by heating with ammonia.

Source: Wiktionary


NITRIDE

Ni"tride ( or ), n. Etym: [fromNitrogen.] (Chem.)

Definition: A binary compound of nitrogen with a more metallic element or radical; as, boric nitride.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ALEWIFE

(noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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