annealing

an·neal

 (ə-nēl′)

v. an·nealed, an·neal·ing, an·neals

v.tr.

1. To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness.

2. To strengthen or harden.

v.intr.

To become strengthened or hardened: "the time she needed for opinion to anneal around her policy" (Alexander M. Haig, Jr.).

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[Middle English anelen, from Old English onǣlan, to set fire to : on, on; see on + ǣlan, to kindle.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

annealing - hardening something by heat treatment tempering hardening - the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact)

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Translations

žíhání

Glühen

열처리

annealing

[əˈniːlɪŋ] n (of glass, metal) → ricottura

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