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BESSEMER PROCESS

\bˈɛsɛmə pɹˈə͡ʊsɛs], \bˈɛsɛmə pɹˈə‍ʊsɛs], \b_ˈɛ_s_ɛ_m_ə p_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s_ɛ_s]\

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an industrial process for making steel using a Bessemer converter to blast air through through molten iron and thus burning the excess carbon and impurities; the first successful method of making steel in quantity at low cost

2006 - WordNet 3.0
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