anneal

an·neal  (-nl)

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 onlan, to set fire to : on, on; see on + lan, to kindle.]

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anneal [əˈniːl]

vb

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment

2. (Physics / General Physics) to subject to or undergo some physical treatment, esp heating, that removes internal stress, crystal defects, and dislocations

3. (tr) to toughen or strengthen (the will, determination, etc.)

4. (Physics / General Physics) (often foll by out) Physics to disappear or cause to disappear by a rearrangement of atoms defects anneal out at different temperatures

n

an act of annealing

[Old English onǣlan, from on + ǣlan to burn, from āl fire]

annealer  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

anneal - bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" temper, normalize harden, indurate - make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

Translations

anneal [əˈniːl] VT → templar

anneal

vt glass → kühlen; metal → ausglühen; earthenware → brennen; (fig) → stählen

anneal [əˈniːl] vt (Tech) (glass, metal) → ricuocere