Home › Words › M › maragingmaraging/ˈmɑɹˌeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/maraging · noun — A process that produces a tough, malleable form of steel (maraging steel) by means of heat treatment and precipitation hardening.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).maraging is pronounced /ˈmɑɹˌeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/.EtymologyBy surface analysis, blend of martensitic + aging, or, by surface analysis, mar- + aging.nounA process that produces a tough, malleable form of steel (maraging steel) by means of heat treatment and precipitation hardening.e.g.“At the core of the new centrifuge design is a thin, tubelike rotor made of carbon fibers rather than maraging steel, a variety with great strength, the institute’s report said.” — 2008 February 8, David E. Sanger, “Iran Is Reported to Test New Centrifuges to Make Atomic Fuel”, in New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.martemper 60% match — To subject (steel) to a heat treatment involving austenitization followed by step quenching (at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation of ferrite, pearlite or bainite), used to produce martensite under relatively low stress. vs maraging →marination 56% match — The process of marinating. vs maraging →martensitic 54% match — Of, containing, or relating to martensite, a certain crystalline structure that can occur in steel under some conditions and can also occasionally occur naturally in meteoric matter or mineral veins. vs maraging →steelification 54% match — The process of becoming steel, or an instance of this. vs maraging →acieration 53% match — The conversion of iron into steel. vs maraging →caseharden 53% match — To harden the surface of iron or steel by infusing carbon into the surface layer. vs maraging →carburization 52% match — Impregnation or reaction with carbon, especially in the manufacture or heat treatment of steel. vs maraging →malleation 51% match — The act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal) vs maraging →