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an⋅neal

  [uh-neel]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress.
2. to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling.
3. to toughen or temper.
4. Biochemistry. to recombine (nucleic acid strands) at low temperature after separating by heat.
5. to fuse colors onto (a vitreous or metallic surface) by heating.
–noun
6. an act, instance, or product of annealing.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME anelen, OE anǣlan to kindle, equiv. to an- on + ǣlan to burn, akin to āl fire

Related forms:
an⋅neal⋅er, noun
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Word Origin & History

anneal 
O.E. onælan "to set on fire, kindle," from on- "on" + ælan "to burn, bake," from P.Gmc. *ailan, related to O.E. æled "fire."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: an·neal
Pronunciation: &-'nE(&)l
Function: transitive verb
1 : to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually forsoftening and making less brittle
2 : to heat and then cool (nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperatures especially with complementarystrands of a different species anneal intransitive senses
: to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling anneals well with eukaryotic DNA>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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