heat-treat

English

Verb

heat-treat (third-person singular simple present heat-treats, present participle heat-treating, simple past and past participle heat-treated)

1. (transitive) To apply a heat treatment to (some material).

   The steel was heat-treated to improve its toughness and ductility.

Related terms

• heat treater
• heat treatment

 

Translations

to apply a heat treatment to

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱處理 / 热处理 (zh) (rèchǔlǐ)

References

• “heat-treat”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “heat-treat, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.