kuuma või külma plastse deformatsiooni protsessis toimuv toibumine - kalestusastme/tugevnemisteguri vähenemine deformatsiooniastme kasvades (vt toibumine, kalestusaste; vrd dünaamiline rekristallisatsioon), the basic mechanism involved in hot or cold working of metals resulting in the annihilation of pairs of dislocations during straining and in the formation of low-energy dislocation substructure within the deformed original grains; it reduces the observed level of strain hardening due to dislocation multiplication during deformation (see: recovery, strain-hardening exponent; compare: dynamic recrystallization)