n
Abbreviation of annealing. [The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice.]
n
Alternative form of affluxion [The act of flowing towards; afflux.]
v
(metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
v
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, fruit.
adj
(metallurgy) Metal that is harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.
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(physics) The tendency for objects floating on a liquid surface to clump together.
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(metallurgy) rolling of metal at a temperature below that of its recrystallization point
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(metallurgy) The process of strengthening a metal through plastic deformation.
n
The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.
adj
That which tends to congeal.
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(obsolete, intransitive) To turn to ice; to freeze.
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A process of solidification or gelling.
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The process by which something is defrosted.
adj
Relating to excavation or to excavators
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A protective coating given to wood or metal and other surfaces.
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(transitive) To use flux on.
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(rare or archaic) The action of flowing.
adj
Involving both freezing and thawing.
v
(obsolete or Scotland) to congeal
v
(intransitive) To become a gel.
v
(intransitive) To be converted into gelatin or a jelly-like substance.
n
The formation of a solid by cooling; freezing
adj
Cured thoroughly by drying in the sun.
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(metallurgy) Residual ore that failed to melt during a smelting process.
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(metallurgy) Any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively high temperatures.
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The process of thickening.
n
(obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; congelation.
adj
converted into jelly; congealed
adj
Suitable to be cooked as food
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(mineralogy) The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too far apart for molecular bonding.
n
rainmaking; attempts to induce rain artificially
adj
Deposited from a solution, vapour or state of suspension into gas.
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(metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.
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The fusion of two pieces of ice by pressure (which lowers its freezing point).
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(transitive, by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
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(intransitive) To become solid; to freeze, set.
n
(machinery, especially science fiction) An induced state of suspension or inactivity.
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(physics) cooling a liquid to a temperature that is less that its saturation temperature at a particular pressure
adj
(lasers) Below the "recoil limit", the lowest temperature reachable in traditional forms of laser cooling.
adj
Modified to prepare for warmer weather
adj
Slightly heated by exposure to the sun
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The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
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(intransitive) To become liquid again; to thaw.
n
(mineralogy) The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
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A liquid that cools the skin by evaporation
n
Water in a gaseous state, especially when diffused in the atmosphere.
n
The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
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