annealing
/əˈniːlɪŋ/ noun C2- 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.
Plural annealings
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