vergüten — 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.
- compensate verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
Senses
vergüten 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.
- compensate To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration.
anneal — full definition
- verb To heat something, usually metal, and then cool it slowly to make it less brittle and stronger.
- verb To cool glass down gradually so that stress does not build up inside it.
- verb To fix colored designs onto glass or another surface using heat.
- verb (biology) To join two single strands of DNA or RNA together into a double strand.
compensate — full definition
- verb To pay someone money to make up for a loss, injury, or inconvenience.
- verb To make up for a weakness or problem by adjusting something else.
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