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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; -- opposed to
alloy steel .
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- noun Any of a range of
alloys ofiron andcarbon whose properties depend on the proportion of carbon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
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