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anneal
[uh-neel]
verb (used with object)
to heat (glass, earthenware, metals, etc.) to remove or prevent internal stress.
to free from internal stress by heating and gradually cooling.
to toughen or temper.
Biochemistry.to recombine (nucleic acid strands) at low temperature after separating by heat.
to fuse colors onto (a vitreous or metallic surface) by heating.
noun
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
anneal
/ əˈԾː /
verb
to temper or toughen (something) by heat treatment
to subject to or undergo some physical treatment, esp heating, that removes internal stress, crystal defects, and dislocations
(tr) to toughen or strengthen (the will, determination, etc)
(often foll by out) physics to disappear or cause to disappear by a rearrangement of atoms
defects anneal out at different temperatures
noun
an act of annealing
Other 51Թ Forms
- annealer noun
- unannealed adjective
- ˈԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anneal1
Example Sentences
That said, producing these cells involves high-temperature annealing and tricky post-treatment steps, significantly slowing fabrication and making it hard to incorporate them into everyday items.
They used a thermal annealing process, exposing the film to air at 85 degrees Celsius for 24 hours.
However, when COPs involve constraints, conventional quantum algorithms like adiabatic quantum annealing struggle to obtain a near-optimal solution within the operation time of quantum computers.
The Rice University lab of nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas has uncovered a transformative approach to harnessing the catalytic power of aluminum nanoparticles by annealing them in various gas atmospheres at high temperatures.
The team prepared crystalline samples of the material using a process called ball-milling, followed by annealing.
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