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Annealing
see synonyms of annealingNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Annealing
see synonyms of annealingv. an·nealed, an·neal·ing, an·neals
v. tr.
1. To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen, reduce brittleness, or enhance adhesion.
2. To strengthen or harden.
v. intr.
To become strengthened or hardened: “the time she needed for opinion to anneal around her policy” (Alexander M. Haig, Jr.).
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