Meanings
nounannealing (countable and uncountable, plural annealings)
plural annealings
- countableuncountableThe 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.
Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish.
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of anneal
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Afrikaans uitgloeiing
- uitgloeiingact of heating solid metal or glass
Basque suberaketa
- suberaketaact of heating solid metal or glass
Bulgarian закаляване
- закаляване (zakaljavane)act of heating solid metal or glass
Czech žíhání
- žíháníact of heating solid metal or glass
Dutch gloeien
- gloeienact of heating solid metal or glass
Estonian lõõmutamine
- lõõmutamineact of heating solid metal or glass
Finnish hehkutus
- hehkutusact of heating solid metal or glass
French recuit
- recuitact of heating solid metal or glass
German Glühen, tempern
- Glühenact of heating solid metal or glass
- tempernact of heating solid metal or glass
Greek ανόπτηση
- ανόπτηση (anóptisi)act of heating solid metal or glass
Hindi तापानुशीतन, अनीलन
- तापानुशीतन (tāpānuśītan)act of heating solid metal or glass
- अनीलन (anīlan)act of heating solid metal or glass
Hungarian hőkezelés
- hőkezelésact of heating solid metal or glass
Indonesian penganilan
- penganilanact of heating solid metal or glass
Italian ricottura
- ricotturaact of heating solid metal or glass
Japanese 焼なまし
- 焼なましact of heating solid metal or glass
Korean 열처리
- 열처리 (yeolcheori)act of heating solid metal or glass
Polish wyżarzanie
- wyżarzanieact of heating solid metal or glass
Portuguese recozimento
- recozimentoact of heating solid metal or glass
Russian о́тжиг
- о́тжиг (ótžig)act of heating solid metal or glass
Slovak žíhanie
- žíhanieact of heating solid metal or glass
Spanish recocido
- recocidoact of heating solid metal or glass
Swedish glödgning, härdning
- glödgningact of heating solid metal or glass
- härdningact of heating solid metal or glass
Ukrainian відпал, відпалювання
- відпал (vidpal)act of heating solid metal or glass
- відпалювання (vidpaljuvannja)act of heating solid metal or glass
Vietnamese ủ
- ủact of heating solid metal or glass
Cite this entry
APA
annealing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annealing
MLA
“annealing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annealing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annealing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annealing.
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