Annealing

Annealing
Anneal An*neal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annealing}.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an?lan; an on + ?lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. {Niello}, {Negro}.] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. [1913 Webster]

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. [1913 Webster]


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  • Annealing — An*neal ing, n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. [1913 Webster] 2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • annealing — annealing. См. отжиг. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Annealing — Annealing. См. Отжиг. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

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  • annealing — Treatment of a metal, alloy, or other material by heating to a predetermined temperature, holding for a certain time, and then cooling to room temperature, done to improve ductility and reduce brittleness. Process annealing is carried out… …   Universalium

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  • annealing — (1) Toughening upon slow cooling. (2) Used in the context of DNA renaturation after temperature dissociation of the two strands. Rate of annealing is a function of complementarity. (3) Fusion of microtubules or microfilaments end to end …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • annealing — noun 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 …   Wiktionary

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