"anneal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈniːl/ Audio: en-au-anneal.ogg [Australia] Forms: anneals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English anelen, onelen, from Old English onǣlan (“to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle”), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”) + Proto-Germanic *ailijaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”). The word is related to Old English onāl (“that which is burnt, burning; incense”), Old English āl (“fire, burning”), Icelandic eldur (“fire”), Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), Danish ild (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anelen}} Middle English anelen, {{m|enm|onelen}} onelen, {{inh|en|ang|onǣlan||to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle}} Old English onǣlan (“to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ana||on}} Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ailijaną||to burn}} Proto-Germanic *ailijaną (“to burn”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eydʰ-||to burn}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”), {{cog|ang|onāl||that which is burnt, burning; incense}} Old English onāl (“that which is burnt, burning; incense”), {{cog|ang|āl||fire, burning}} Old English āl (“fire, burning”), {{cog|is|eldur||fire}} Icelandic eldur (“fire”), {{cog|sv|eld||fire, flame}} Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), {{cog|da|ild||fire}} Danish ild (“fire”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} anneal (plural anneals)
  1. (chemistry, metallurgy) An act of annealing. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Metallurgy
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-noun-BzC2fMAK Topics: chemistry, engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Verb

IPA: /əˈniːl/ Audio: en-au-anneal.ogg [Australia] Forms: anneals [present, singular, third-person], annealing [participle, present], annealed [participle, past], annealed [past]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Middle English anelen, onelen, from Old English onǣlan (“to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle”), from Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”) + Proto-Germanic *ailijaną (“to burn”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”). The word is related to Old English onāl (“that which is burnt, burning; incense”), Old English āl (“fire, burning”), Icelandic eldur (“fire”), Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), Danish ild (“fire”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|anelen}} Middle English anelen, {{m|enm|onelen}} onelen, {{inh|en|ang|onǣlan||to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle}} Old English onǣlan (“to burn, ignite, set fire to, consume, heat, enlighten, incite, inflame, inspire, kindle”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ana||on}} Proto-Germanic *ana (“on”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*ailijaną||to burn}} Proto-Germanic *ailijaną (“to burn”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eydʰ-||to burn}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”), {{cog|ang|onāl||that which is burnt, burning; incense}} Old English onāl (“that which is burnt, burning; incense”), {{cog|ang|āl||fire, burning}} Old English āl (“fire, burning”), {{cog|is|eldur||fire}} Icelandic eldur (“fire”), {{cog|sv|eld||fire, flame}} Swedish eld (“fire, flame”), {{cog|da|ild||fire}} Danish ild (“fire”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} anneal (third-person singular simple present anneals, present participle annealing, simple past and past participle annealed)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Metallurgy Translations (to subject to great heat and then cooling): отгрявам (otgrjavam) (Bulgarian), закалявам (zakaljavam) (Bulgarian), žíhat (Czech), hehkuttaa (Finnish), myöstää (Finnish), recuire (French), გამოწრთობა (gamoc̣rtoba) (Georgian), გამობრძმედა (gamobrʒmeda) (Georgian), ausglühen (German), tempern (German), anlassen (German), spannungsfrei glühen (German), spannungsfrei machen (German), vergüten (German), ainéal (Irish), creoi (Manx), tempree (Manx), recozer (Portuguese), отжига́ть (otžigátʹ) [imperfective, neuter] (Russian), recocer (Spanish), templar (Spanish), glödga (Swedish), härda (Swedish), відпалювати (vidpaljuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-UEH7JLEL Topics: engineering, metallurgy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'to subject to great heat and then cooling': 69 4 2 10 10 2 3
  2. To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-0GyfA2RK
  3. (archaic) To burn colors onto a glass or other surface. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-DjNHq0KD
  4. 1793, John Dryden, “XII. On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who Died at Bath, and is there Interred”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. [...] To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author (A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain; VI (London: Printed for Iohn and Arthur Arch, 23 Gracechurch Street; and for Bell & Bradfute and I. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh)), Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, Royal Bank Close, →OCLC, page 164:
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-PpH8KVO1
  5. 1793, John Dryden, “XII. On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who Died at Bath, and is there Interred”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. [...] To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author (A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain; VI (London: Printed for Iohn and Arthur Arch, 23 Gracechurch Street; and for Bell & Bradfute and I. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh)), Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, Royal Bank Close, →OCLC, page 164:
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-cT611dAB
  6. (genetics, transitive, intransitive) To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-jfPzvfcO Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  7. (figurative, archaic or poetic) To strengthen or harden. Tags: archaic, figuratively, poetic Synonyms (harden): indurate Translations (to strengthen or harden): zakalit (Czech), zocelit (Czech), härten (German), abhärten (German), stählen (German), härda (Swedish), гартувати (hartuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anneal-en-verb-ajqdoI7q Disambiguation of 'harden': 20 5 2 6 6 6 55 Disambiguation of 'to strengthen or harden': 9 2 1 3 3 3 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aneal [metallurgy, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], ruggedize, temper, harden

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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "word": "відпалювати"
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        "1793, John Dryden, “XII. On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who Died at Bath, and is there Interred”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. [...] To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author (A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain; VI (London: Printed for Iohn and Arthur Arch, 23 Gracechurch Street; and for Bell & Bradfute and I. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh)), Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, Royal Bank Close, →OCLC, page 164:\nSuch were the features of her heavenly Face, / Her limbs were form'd with ſuch harmonious grace: / So faultleſs was the frame, as if the whole / Had been an emanation of the ſoul; / Which her own inward ſymmetry reveal'd; / And like a picture ſhone, in glaſs anneal'd.",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "roman": "vidpaljuvaty",
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          "text": "In the two-step anneal, the low temperature (nucleation) anneal was conducted at 450°C, 650°C, 750°C, or 850°C for various times. Following the low temperature anneal, the samples were heat treated at 1000°C for a total cumulative anneal time of 40 h. All anneals were carried out in a dry nitrogen ambient environment.",
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