heat treatment

== English == === Noun === heat treatment (countable and uncountable, plural heat treatments) The process of modifying the physical or chemical properties of a material (especially a metal) via either heating or cooling. Synonym: heat-treating (noun) Hyponyms: quenching, hardening, tempering; marquenching, martempering, precipitation hardening ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “heat treatment, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Further reading === heat treatment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia