Definitions from Wiktionary (anneal)
▸ verb: (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
▸ verb: To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
▸ verb: (archaic) To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
▸ verb: (genetics, ambitransitive) To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
▸ verb: (figurative, archaic or poetic) To strengthen or harden.
▸ noun: (chemistry, metallurgy) An act of annealing.
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▸ verb: (metallurgy) To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
▸ verb: To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
▸ verb: (archaic) To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
▸ verb: (genetics, ambitransitive) To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
▸ verb: (figurative, archaic or poetic) To strengthen or harden.
▸ noun: (chemistry, metallurgy) An act of annealing.
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temper,
Neal,
reanneal,
heat-treat,
intenerate,
attemper,
attemperate,
enharden,
temperate,
bake,
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