tempern — meaning in English

English meaning

• anneal verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.
• annealing noun Annealing is the process of heating solid metal or glass and then letting it cool slowly so that its internal structure settles and stress is removed.

Senses

tempern 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.
• annealing The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.

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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