thermal processing
nounUK /ˈθɜː.məl ˈprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/
US /ˈθɝː.məl ˈprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
Heating food or materials to make them safe or to change them.
Thermal processing keeps canned soup from going bad.
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2. Using heat in factories to change how a material behaves.
Thermal processing makes the metal stronger.
3. The steps a computer chip goes through when it gets hot.
Engineers studied thermal processing to keep the chip cool.
4. Heating waste to break it down safely.
The plant uses thermal processing to treat old plastic.