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anneal

/əˈnɪəl/

/əˈnil/

annealnoun

anneals

/əˈniːl/

/əˈnil/

Used in material science and biology to refer to an annealing process or step.

Definitions

A process or instance of annealing, especially the controlled heating and cooling of material or the pairing of nucleic acid strands.

A rapid anneal activated the implanted ions in the silicon wafer.

annealverb

annealed

Past Simple

annealed

Past Participle

annealing

Gerund

/əˈnɪəl/

/əˈnil/

Translations

The blacksmith will anneal the metal to make it more workable.

Кузнец будет отжигать металл, чтобы сделать его более податливым.

Definitions

To heat (metal or glass) and then cool it slowly to remove internal stresses and toughen it.

The blacksmith annealed the steel to make it more durable.

To allow single-stranded nucleic acids to pair by base complementarity after separation by heat.

After denaturation, the primers annealed to the template at 55 °C.

Figurative: to make something stronger, more resilient, or better tempered through a challenging or conditioning process.

Years of hardship annealed her resolve.

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