Usually means: Increasing material strength through deformation.
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  1. work hardening: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. work-hardening, work-hardening: Collins English Dictionary
  3. work hardening: Wiktionary
  4. work hardening: Dictionary.com
  5. Work hardening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. work hardening: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. work hardening: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. work hardening: Medical dictionary

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  1. Metal Terminology (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (work hardening)

noun:  (metallurgy) The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength

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