Dictionary Definition
anneal v : toughen (steel or glass) by a process
of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass" [syn: temper, normalize]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iːl
Verb
Translations
to subject to great heat, and then cool slowly
- Czech: žíhat
- Finnish: hehkuttaa
- Spanish: recocer
Extensive Definition
Annealing may refer to:-
- Annealing (metallurgy), a heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material causing changes in properties such as strength and hardness
- Annealing (glass), heating a piece of glass to remove stress
- Annealing (biology), DNA or RNA pairing by hydrogen bonds to a complementary sequence, forming a double-stranded polynucleotide
- Simulated annealing, a technique for searching for a solution in a space otherwise too large for "ordinary" search methods to yield results
- Information annealing or knowledge annealing, a network-based information system in which all users of the system are permitted to change the system at will
- Quantum annealing, a method for finding solutions to combinatorial optimisation problems and ground states of glassy systems using quantum fluctuations
- Full annealing, the annealing process of ferrous alloys.
anneal in French: Hybridation