(mathematics) Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.

Steel made directly from cast iron by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal.

plural of Bessemer steel

(mathematics, astronomy) Relating to Friedrich Bessel

A surname from French.

To convert iron to steel by the Bessemer process.

The conversion of iron to steel by the Bessemer process

present participle of bessemerize

plural of Bessemer process

(metallurgy, historical) The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.