Definitions for anneal

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anneal an·neal

Spelling: [uh-neel]

IPA: /əˈnil/

Anneal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in anneal (aaelnn).

Definitions for anneal

noun

1. an act, instance, or product of annealing.

verb (used with object)

1. to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress.
2. to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling.
3. to toughen or temper.
4. Biochemistry. to recombine (nucleic acid strands) at low temperature after separating by heat.
5. to fuse colors onto (a vitreous or metallic surface) by heating.

Origin of anneal

before 1000; Middle English anelen, Old English anǣlan to kindle, equivalent to an- on + ǣlan to burn, akin to āl fire

Examples for anneal

The whole of the end of the tube is now cautiously reheated and then cooled slowly to anneal it.

Taps once out in length seem to get worse at every heating, whether to anneal or to harden.

Particular pains must be taken thoroughly to anneal the alloy when worked into bars.

Flange one end of this tube a little, and anneal the flange well in the smoky flame.

anneal with great care, and cool in such a position that the acid cannot reach the hot glass.

Heat the file in the forge fire to draw the temper and anneal it by covering it with ashes.

anneal and repeat until the sides are at right angles to the base.

As the hammering goes on the metal becomes brittle and hard, and then it is passed though the fire to anneal or soften it.

Malleable or wrought iron, if subjected to pressure, becomes brittle, and it is necessary to anneal it.

As the hammering hardens the metal it is necessary to anneal it each time after going over the surface.