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Annealing
Application of heat energy to a material cooling at a suitable
rate to: relieve stresses, change certain properties, improve
machinability, etc., or for realignment of atoms in a distorted
crystal lattice as caused, for example, by radiation damage.
References
This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use
