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Annealing   /ənˈilɪŋ/   Listen
Annealing

noun
1.
Hardening something by heat treatment.  Synonym: tempering.


Anneal

verb
(past & past part. annealed; pres. part. annealing)
1.
Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling.  Synonyms: normalize, temper.





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"Annealing" Quotes from Famous Books



... part of its body is cover'd with a most curious blue shining armour, looking exactly like a polish'd piece of steel brought to that blue colour by annealing, all which armour is very thick bestuck with abundance of tapering brisles, such as grow on its back, as is visible enough ...
— Micrographia • Robert Hooke
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... certain other operations which precede or follow the actual joining of the metal parts, the purpose of these operations being to add or retain certain desirable qualities in the materials being handled. For this reason the following subjects have been included: Annealing, tempering, hardening, heat treatment and the restoration ...
— Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting • Harold P. Manly
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