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sharpen

[′shär·pən]
(engineering)
To give a thin keen edge or a sharp acute point to.
(graphic arts)
To decrease the size of the dots on a screened halftone.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Softer high-carbon steels--1095, Ol and A2 are common types--are easily sharpened on a natural Arkansas whetstone and their manufactured aluminum oxide and carborundum (silicon carbide) relatives plus any of the more aggressive mediums such as diamond or ceramic.
In the 1970s, I used Bear Razor and Zwick-ey heads--both of which were excellent and could be sharpened to a razor-like edge.
The sharpened carbide should have a consistent shiny band along the cutting edge.
A commonly used technology for the sharpening of images includes first finding the second derivative, for example, using Laplacian filter, of the original image and then adding the differentiated image to the original one to get a sharpened image [1].
When lighter paring, peeling and slicing is involved, home chefs may prefer a knife sharpened at 15 degrees.
Maxcess, a global leader in innovative products and services for the web handling industry is offering Tidland Blade Sharpening System, which gives customers the power to sharpen dull blades on their own schedule without removing the blade from the cartridge or sending the blades out to be reground or sharpened.
Many have stainless steel blades stamped out of one piece of metal and sharpened on an industrial machine.
NOW'S the time of year when you have to start mowing your lawn again, but you don't need to go to your local garden centre to get your lawnmower blade sharpened. You can sharpen it yourself with the Lawnmower Sharpening Attachment from Dremel.
These cylindrical tools, with their sharpened steel blades, must be precise, consistent and durable in order for converters to count on them to get the job done.
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