bessemer

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Noun bessemer has 1 sense

Bessemer, Sir Henry Bessemer - British inventor and metallurgist who developed the Bessemer process (1813-1898)
--₁ is a kind of metallurgist, metallurgical engineer; inventor, discoverer, artificer

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Bessemer

Noun

1. A type of furnace used for converting pig iron into steel by injecting a blast of air.

Example sentence: The bessemer revolutionized the steel-making process in the 19th century.

Adjective

1. Relating to, or characteristic of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama.

Example sentence: She traveled to Bessemer to attend the annual art festival.

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