noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress. countable, uncountable

   "Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish."

2. 2
   hardening something by heat treatment wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of anneal form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

tempering

Example

More examples

"Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish."

Related phrases

simulated annealing

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