Unannealed vs. Anneal: What's the Difference?

Unannealed and Anneal Definitions
Unannealed
Not annealed.
Anneal
To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen, reduce brittleness, or enhance adhesion.
Unannealed
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
Anneal
To strengthen or harden.
Anneal
To become strengthened or hardened
“the time she needed for opinion to anneal around her policy” (Alexander M. Haig, Jr.).
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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
To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
Anneal
(archaic) To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
Anneal
To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
Anneal
To strengthen or harden.
The experience annealed them, strengthening their resolve.
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Anneal
An act of annealing.
Anneal
To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
Anneal
To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.
Anneal
Toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling;
Temper glass