annealing

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Synonyms: appealing, annexing, unhealing, annulling, anteating, unsealing, aneling, reannealing

Antonyms: appealing, annexing, unhealing, annulling, anteating, unsealing, aneling, reannealing

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Noun

1. 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]].

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|anneal||ing-form}}

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