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softening ['sɔft(ə)nɪŋ] n
hydraul.	ontharding f
softening ['sɔft(ə)nɪŋ] v
chem.	zacht worden
environ.	ontharden; week maken
industr., construct.	zacht maken
med.	malacia; malacie; verweking
soften ['sɔf(ə)n] v
gen.	weekmaken
softening Reduction of the hardness of water by removing hardness-forming ions (chiefly calcium and magnesium) by precipitation or ion exchange, or sequestering them as by combining them with substances such as certain phosphates, that form soluble but non-ionized salts ['sɔft(ə)nɪŋ] v
environ.	ontharden
to soften ['sɔf(ə)n] v
mech.eng., el.	ontharden
English thesaurus
soften ['sɔf(ə)n] abbr.
abbr., polym.	sftn.

softening: 50 phrases in 15 subjects

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