- diamond indentor
- noun
or diamond indenter
: an instrument for measuring hardness by the depth of the indentation made by a pyramidal diamond point under a given load
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
diamond indentor
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diamond indenter — noun see diamond indentor … Useful english dictionary
indentor — /ɪnˈdɛntə/ (say in dentuh) noun an instrument, usually made of an extremely hard substance as diamond, used to assess the hardness of a metal and its resistance to indentation …
Knoop hardness — /nup ˈhadnəs/ (say noohp hahdnuhs) noun microhardness of metal measured by resistance to indentation by a pyramidal diamond indentor. {named after Frederick Knoop, 1878–1943, US instrument maker who devised this means of measuring metal hardness} …
