to anneal a metal
1Anneal — 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.… …
2anneal — ► VERB ▪ heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, so as to toughen it. ORIGIN Old English, «set on fire» …
3anneal — 1. To soften or temper a metal by controlled heating and cooling; the process makes a metal more easily adapted, bent, or swaged, and less brittle. 2. In dentistry, to heat gold leaf preparatory to its insertion into a cavity, in order to remove… …
4anneal — an|neal [əˈni:l] v [T] technical [: Old English; Origin: onAlan, from Alan to set on fire, burn ] to make metal or glass hard by heating it and then slowly letting it get cold …
5anneal — To heat and then cool metal or glass is to toughen or temper it to remove internal stresses and make it easier to work when cool. In other words, this heating and slow cooling can strengthen, harden, and reduce brittleness. Mild steel and… …
6anneal — [ə ni:l] verb 1》 heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses. 2》 Biochemistry recombine (DNA) in the double stranded form. Derivatives annealer noun Origin OE onlan set on fire , from on + lan burn,… …
7anneal — verb (T) to make metal or glass hard by heating it and then slowly letting it get cold …
8anneal — To remove hardness from metal by heating, usually to a red color, then allowing it to cool slowly. Unlike steel, copper is annealed by heating, and then plunging it into cold water. It is the reverse of hardening …
9anneal — v. & n. v.tr. 1 heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, esp. to toughen it. 2 toughen. n. treatment by annealing. Derivatives: annealer n. Etymology: OE onaeliglan f. on + aeliglan burn, bake f. al fire …
10Brushed metal — is metal that has been abraded ( brushed ), usually with a fine grit sandpaper. The brushing gives the metal a distinctive look, as it retains some but not all of its metallic lustre and is given a pattern of very fine lines. It can be compared… …