What does "annealing" mean?

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.

Annealing

Q: What is a synonym for "annealing"?

Common synonyms include: anneal, global optimization, heat treat, heat treated, heat treatment, heuristic method.

noun, verb

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Noun

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
hardening something by heat treatment wordnet

Verb

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

Synonyms

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anneal global optimization heat treat heat treated heat treatment heuristic method

Antonyms

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deterministic optimization greedy search harden hill climbing

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

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