hard·en·ing

(här′dn-ĭng)

1. The act or process of becoming hard or harder.

2. Something that hardens, as a substance added to iron to yield steel.

3. Gradual exposure of plants to cold weather.

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hardening

(ˈhɑːdənɪŋ)

1. the act or process of becoming or making hard

2. a substance added to another substance or material to make it harder

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	hardening - abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease callosity, callus - an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) calcification - tissue hardened by deposition of lime salts
	2.	hardening - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue" curing, solidification, solidifying, set congealment, congelation - the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" plastination - a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"
	3.	hardening - the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something annealing, tempering - hardening something by heat treatment

Translations

Abhärtung

incrudimento indurimento tempra

hardening

[ˈhɑːdnɪŋ] N

1. (lit) → endurecimiento m
hardening of the arteries → endurecimiento m de las arterias, arteriosclerosis f

2. (fig) [of attitude] → radicalización f

3. (Comm) [of prices, economy] → estabilización f, consolidación f

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hardening

[ˈhɑː^rd^ənɪŋ] n

[attitude, position] → durcissement mhard-fought [ˌhɑː^rdˈfɔːt] adj [battle] → acharné(e); [election, competition] → âprement disputé(e)hard hat n

[construction worker] → casque m (= riding hat) → bombe f

(US) (= construction worker) → ouvrier/ière m/f du bâtimenthard-headed [ˌhɑː^rdˈhɛdɪd] adj [person] → pragmatiquehard-hearted [ˌhɑː^rdˈhɑː^rtɪd] adj → dur(e), impitoyablehard-hitting [ˌhɑː^rdˈhɪtɪŋ] adj [speech, article] → sans complaisancehard labour (British) hard labor (US) n → travaux mpl forcéshard left n → extrême gauche fhard left hard-left modif [party, leader] → d'extrême gauche; [belief, viewpoint] → d'extrême gauche

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hardening

n (of steel) → (Er)härten nt, → Härtung f; (fig) → Verhärten nt, → Verhärtung f; (St Ex) → Versteifung f, → Festigung f; (= rise) → Anziehen nt; I noticed a hardening of his attitude → ich habe bemerkt, dass sich seine Einstellung verhärtet; hardening of the arteries → Arterienverkalkung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hardening

[ˈhɑːdnɪŋ] n → indurimento

hard·en·ing

n. endurecimiento, solidez.

___ of the arteries → arterioesclerosis.

hardening

n endurecimiento; — of the arteries aterosclerosis f (form), endurecimiento de las arterias