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martensitic
a. 1 Of or pertaining to the mineral martensite 2 (context physics chemistry English) Describing 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)
Usage examples of "martensitic".
Martensite is very rigid, so martensitic steel is very hard, but stiff.