Annealing Definition

noun

The act of heating solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice.

Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish.
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Present participle of anneal.

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Other Word Forms of Annealing

Noun

Singular:
annealing
Plural:
annealings

Annealing Sentence Examples

  • This work also requires frequent annealing, for otherwise the wires or tubes would rupture.

  • The second system is especially used for annealing large and heavy objects.

  • This was passed again and again between gradually approximated rollers, with occasional annealing, until the desired thickness had been attained.

  • To secure the highest possible permeability it is essential that the iron should be softened by careful annealing.

  • The bowl is severed from the blowing iron, and the wine-glass is sent to the annealing oven with a bowl, longer than that of the finished glass, and with a rough fractured edge.

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