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What is a cementation?

What is a cementation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The act of cementing
  2. (metallurgy) The impregnation of the surface of a metal with another material; the manufacture of steel by carburizing iron
  3. (geology) The precipitation of mineral matter in the pores of a sediment
  4. (medicine) The use of a cement join the parts of a broken bone to aid in the healing process
  5. (dentistry) The use of a cement or adhesive to fasten orthodontics or to restore chipped or broken teeth
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After cementation the plate is heated to a certain temperature and is then plunged into an oil bath in order to toughen it.
The preponderance of early cementation and brecciation towards the top of the Langport Member is compatible with reduced sedimentation rate.
It seems probable that the Ancients did part gold and silver by cementation.
Rocks in intermediate-burial settings experience chemical compaction as well as subsurface cementation and dissolution.
The progress of the cementation is discovered by drawing a test bar from an aperture in the side.
He was familiar with amalgamation, cupellation, the separation of gold and silver by cementation with salt and by nitric acid.

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