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spannungsfrei machen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • anneal verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.

Senses

spannungsfrei machen is used for these senses in English:

  • anneal (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.

anneal — full definition

  1. verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.
  2. verb To cool glass down gradually so that stress does not build up inside it.
  3. verb To fix colored designs onto glass or another surface using heat.
  4. verb (biology) To join two single strands of DNA or RNA together into a double strand.
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