- anneal an·neal vt
- [ə'niːl]
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anneal an·neal vt
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Anneal — An*neal , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Annealed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Annealing}.] [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an?lan; an on + ?lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neal — (v.) 1530s, aphetic form of ANNEAL (Cf. anneal). Related: Nealed; nealing … Etymology dictionary
Neal — (n[=e]l), v. t. To anneal. [R.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
anneal — 1. To soften or temper a metal by controlled heating and cooling; the process makes a metal more easily adapted, bent, or swaged, and less brittle. 2. In dentistry, to heat gold leaf preparatory to its insertion into a cavity, in order to remove… … Medical dictionary
anneal — an•neal [[t]əˈnil[/t]] v. t. 1) mel cer to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress 2) mel cer to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling 3) to toughen or temper 4) biochem. to recombine… … From formal English to slang
anneal — an|neal [əˈni:l] v [T] technical [: Old English; Origin: onAlan, from Alan to set on fire, burn ] to make metal or glass hard by heating it and then slowly letting it get cold … Dictionary of contemporary English
anneal — an·neal || É™ niËl v. toughen, temper (by heating and cooling) … English contemporary dictionary
anneal — an·neal … English syllables
neal — ˈnēl, ēəl verb Etymology: by shortening chiefly dialect : anneal … Useful english dictionary
an|neal´er — an|neal «uh NEEL», transitive verb. 1. to make (glass or metals) less brittle by heating and then cooling; temper: »For example, an alloy when cast is usually inhomogeneous and must be annealed at a high temperature, so that the atoms can diffuse … Useful english dictionary
an|neal — «uh NEEL», transitive verb. 1. to make (glass or metals) less brittle by heating and then cooling; temper: »For example, an alloy when cast is usually inhomogeneous and must be annealed at a high temperature, so that the atoms can diffuse to give … Useful english dictionary
