Anneal
1Anneal — An*neal , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annealing}.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an?lan; an on + ?lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F.… …
2anneal — (v.) O.E. onælan to set on fire, kindle, from on on + ælan to burn, bake, from P.Gmc. *ailan, probably [Watkins] from PIE *ai to burn (see ASH (Cf. ash) (1)); related to O.E. æled fire, firebrand, O.N …
3anneal — ► VERB ▪ heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly, so as to toughen it. ORIGIN Old English, «set on fire» …
4anneal — [ə nēl′] vt. [ME anelen < OE anælan, to burn < an , ON + ælan, to burn < al, æl, fire] 1. Obs. 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… …
5anneal — verb a) To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. There was more than one way to anneal them with regards to resolve. b) To strengthen or harden …
6anneal — The formation of double strands from two complementary single strands of DNA and/or RNA. In the second step of each PCR cycle, primers bind or anneal to the 3’ end of the target sequence …
7anneal — /əˈnil/ (say uh neel) verb (t) 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: to anneal the mind. {Middle English… …
8Anneal to temper — Anneal to temper. См. Смягчающий отжиг. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …
9anneal — verb Etymology: Middle English anelen to set on fire, from Old English onǣlan, from on + ǣlan to set on fire, burn, from āl fire; akin to Old English ǣled fire, Old Norse eldr Date: 1664 transitive verb 1 …
10anneal — annealer, n. /euh neel /, v.t. 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. Biochem. to recombine (nucleic acid… …
