reannealingn.
/ˌriːəˈniːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌriəˈni(ə)lɪŋ/ The action or process of annealing something again or of reannealing again. Cf. reanneal v.
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1840 Mechanics' Mag. 33 238/1 This method is more efficacious than re-annealing by ordinary means.
1898 Proc. Royal Soc. 63 266 The iron is restored to its original state of low hysteresis by reannealing.
1963 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 49 16 At pH 10.5 to 10.9, there is considerable dissociation of the short ordered regions and the conditions for reannealing are more favorable.
1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 77/3 The first step of this process is called denaturation, the second step reannealing.
2001 R. W. Cahn Coming of Materials Sci. iv. 173 Copper at the relatively low hydrostatic pressure of 100 000 psi..can be deformed to enormous strains without fracture or reannealing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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