society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > harden, temper, or anneal > sorbitize, spheroidize, or normalize (3)
transitive. Metallurgy. To heat (steel) to above the transformation range (about 700°C or higher) and allow to cool in still air at room…
transitive. To convert (steel) into a form containing sorbite.
transitive. To convert (grains) into spheroids.