ainéal — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anneal verb 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.
Senses
ainéal 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
- verb 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.
- verb To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- verb To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- verb To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.