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- Dictionaryanneal/əˈniːl/
verb
- 1. heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, in order to remove internal stresses and make it easier to work: "copper tubes must be annealed after bending or they will be brittle"
- 2. recombine (DNA) in the double-stranded form.
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The meaning of ANNEAL is to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle; also : to cool slowly usually in a furnace.
ANNEAL definition: 1. to make metal or glass soft by heating and then cooling it slowly 2. to make metal or glass soft…. Learn more.
ANNEAL meaning: 1. to make metal or glass soft by heating and then cooling it slowly 2. to make metal or glass soft…. Learn more.
Anneal definition: to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress.. See examples of ANNEAL used in a sentence.
1. to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment. 2. to subject to or undergo some physical treatment, esp heating, that removes internal stress, crystal defects, and dislocations. 3. (transitive) to toughen or strengthen (the will, determination, etc) 4. (often foll by out) physics.
anneal. ( əˈniːl) vb. 1. (Metallurgy) to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment. 2. (General Physics) to subject to or undergo some physical treatment, esp heating, that removes internal stress, crystal defects, and dislocations. 3. ( tr) to toughen or strengthen (the will, determination, etc) 4.
When you anneal metal or glass, you heat it and then cool it in order to make it less brittle and more malleable. Metallurgists — engineers who specialize in the properties and uses of metals — have to know a variety of methods used to anneal different kinds of metals.
Definition of anneal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of 'anneal' Word Frequency. anneal in American English. (əˈnil ) verb transitive. 1. Obsolete. to fire or glaze, as in a kiln. 2. to heat ( glass, metals, etc.) and then cool, sometimes slowly, to prevent brittleness. 3. to strengthen and temper (the mind, will, etc.) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
Anneal definition: To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness.
