Lannealing

Lannealing is not a widely recognized term in scientific literature. It is most commonly encountered as a misspelling or variant of annealing. Annealing is a heat treatment process in which a material is heated to a specified temperature, held there to allow atomic rearrangement, and then cooled, with the aim of softening the material, relieving internal stresses, improving ductility, and refining microstructure. In metals, alloys, and glasses, different annealing schemes exist, such as solid-state annealing, solution annealing, and recrystallization annealing; the exact temperatures and times depend on the material and the desired properties.

In computing and optimization, a related concept is simulated annealing, an algorithm inspired by metallurgical annealing that searches for near-optimal solutions by probabilistic acceptance of worse states at higher temperatures.

Lannealing has no established, separate definition as a formal technique in scholarly literature. When encountered, it is usually treated as a typographical error for annealing, or as a colloquial shorthand within a specific context.