| 释义 |
ˈduplexing, vbl. n. Metallurgy.
The utilization of a duplex process (see duplex a. 1 b).
1918Iron Age 30 May 1398/1 ‘Reversed Duplexing’..consisted of making steel in electric furnaces..at least one of which was run with basic lining, and the rest of the furnaces were to be run with acid lining. 1959Economist 9 May 557/1 One can use hot-metal in them [sc. electric furnaces] by ‘duplexing’, blowing the hot iron in a Bessemer convertor..before feeding it into the arc furnace. |