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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

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