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Etymology edit

slagless +‎ -ness

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slaglessness (uncountable)

  1. (metallurgy) The quality of being free from slag.
    • 1906, Henry Marion Howe, Iron, Steel, and Other Alloys, page 174:
      But the former lack the essential quality — slaglessness — which makes the latter steel, and the latter lack the essential quality — the hardening power — which makes the former steel.

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