martensitic

English

Etymology

martensite + -ic

Adjective

martensitic (comparative more martensitic, superlative most martensitic)

  1. Of or relating to the mineral martensite.
  2. (physics, chemistry) Of or relating to a diffusionless transition of one crystal structure to another generated by coordinated atomic, ionic or molecular displacements over small distances (first studied in the mineral).

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