- (bluing) used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- (bluing) a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
- blued is the Bluetooth daemon in Mac OS X. It is started by the system and is not interacted with directly by the user. The daemon handles service discovery, link key management and incoming connection acceptance.
- (Bluing (fabrics)) Bluing, laundry blue, or washing blue is a household product used to improve the appearance of textiles, especially white fabrics. Used during laundering, it adds a trace of blue dye (often synthetic ultramarine, sometimes Prussian blue) to the fabric.
- (Bluing (steel)) Bluing is a passivation process in which steel is partially protected against rust, and is named after the blue-black appearance of the resulting protective finish. ...
- (BLUEING) The process of creating a gun-blue finish on steel through the application of an acid solution or chemical salts that artificially induces rust. ...
- (Blueing) A mold blemish in the form of a blue oxide film which occurs on the polished surface of a mold as a result of the use of abnormally high mold temperatures.
- (Blueing) Coating a lens with an anti-reflective coating. Since the reflective losses are minimized at about 550 nanometer (wavelength of green light to which the human eye is the most sensitive), the coated lens appears to be blueish, since the green part of the light is not reflected anymore ...
- (Blueing) Heat treating a piece of armour in order to produce a "blue" oxidized finish. The process involved super heating the armour to a certain temperature, then cooling in oil or water.
- (Blueing) Increasing the apparent whiteness of a white pigment or paint by adding a trace of blue
- (Bluing) A treatment of the surface of iron-base alloys, usually in the form of sheet or strip, on which, by the action of air or steam at a suitable temperature, a thin blue oxide film is formed on the initially scale-free surface, as a means of improving appearance and resistance to corrosion ...
- (Bluing) A product that contains a blue dye or pigment taken up by fabrics in the wash or rinse. Bluing absorbs the yellow part of the light spectrum, counteracting the natural yellowing of many fabrics.
- (Bluing) An oxidation (rusting) process normally applied to firearm metal parts. It is controlled by applying oil (usually heated) which mixes with the nitrates used in the process. The oil prevents further rusting by sealing the metal. This gives the metal a blue/black colour. ...
- (BLUING) (1) Sheets - A method of coating sheets with a thin, even film of bluish-black oxide, obtained by exposure to an atmosphere of dry steam or air; generally this is done during box annealing. (2) Tempered spring steel strip - an oxide film blue in color produced by low temperature heating.
- (Bluing (or Buing)) If polished steel is heated to 540 degrees, the color will change to blue.
- (Bluing) A gun metal finish that tints steel surfaces dark blue or black and provides rust protection.
- (Bluing) A laundry additive that contains a small amount of blue pigment. As white clothing is worn and washed, it often takes on a yellow or gray cast. Adding a trace of blue pigment to the wash offsets the color change and makes the garments appear both brighter and whiter. ...
- (Bluing) Discolouring of cast iron rotors due to heat. Although bluing is evidence of thermal stress and will lead to reduced rotor life, it is normal under repeated hard braking and is not a cause for concern.
- (Bluing) Formation of a thin film of oxide on polished steel to improve its appearance and protect its surface.
- (Bluing) The blue color that appears on chrome pipes when subject to intense heat. In some cases, it can be removed; but most often it is permanent. ...
- (Bluing) The chemical treatment to color ferrous metal parts in various shades of blue or black.
- (Bluing) is a technique that can provide limited resistance to rusting for small steel items such as firearms. For it to be successful, water-displacing oil must always be rubbed onto the blued steel.
- (bluing) Blue mold found in blue cheeses.
- A surface darkened in color by a sand-blast abrasive
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