Definitions for Annealing
an·neal·ing

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1. annealing, temperingnoun

   hardening something by heat treatment

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1. annealingnoun

   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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1. annealing

   Annealing is a heat treatment process used in metallurgy and materials science to increase the ductility and reduce the hardness of a material, making it more workable. This is achieved by heating a material to a certain high temperature, holding it at that temperature for a period of time, and then cooling it slowly. The process can also be used in the context of computer science and genetics to refer to a method or technique that involves iterating towards an optimal solution.

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1. Annealing

   of Anneal

2. Annealingnoun

   the process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat

3. Annealingnoun

   the burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc

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1. Annealing

   Annealing, in metallurgy and materials science, is a heat treatment that alters a material to increase its ductility and to make it more workable. It involves heating material to above its critical temperature, maintaining a suitable temperature, and then cooling. Annealing can induce ductility, soften material, relieve internal stresses, refine the structure by making it homogeneous, and improve cold working properties. In the cases of copper, steel, silver, and brass, this process is performed by heating the material for a while and then letting it cool to room temperature in still air. Unlike ferrous metals—which must be cooled slowly to anneal—copper, silver and brass can be cooled slowly in air, or quickly by quenching in water. In this fashion, the metal is softened and prepared for further work—such as shaping, stamping, or forming.

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1. annealing

   Transformed through the heat of self-examination and life experience into an advance in the individuals order of being.

   In Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, the Major General states, about the Pirates threats against the bevy of beautiful maidens, “Are they to die unshriven unannealed?”

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on January 17, 2020  

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   The numerical value of Annealing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of Annealing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Annealing
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Annealing
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Annealing
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Annealing