annealing
The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish.
Glühen, tempern
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відпалvidpal, відпалюванняvidpaljuvannja
- hardening something by heat treatment
Translations
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Forms
plural: annealings| Singular | annealing |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- hardening something by heat treatment:tempering
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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