sorbitic

adj

sorbitic

adj

Etymology From sorbite + -ic.

1

Of, pertaining to, or made of sorbite.

  • sorbitic fracture; sorbitic steel
  • During that period, the advantages of manganese steel, and of heat treatment by the sorbitic process, were advocated strongly on the Southern Area of that company.1952 February, “Chromium and Sorbitic Steel Rails”, in Railway Magazine, page 73:

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