Anneal

Word ANNEAL
Character 6
Hyphenation an neal
Pronunciations /əˈniːl/

Definitions and meanings of "Anneal"

What do we mean by anneal?

To subject (glass or metal) to a process of heating and slow cooling in order to toughen and reduce brittleness. intransitive verb

To strengthen or harden. intransitive verb

To become strengthened or hardened. intransitive verb

Same as aneal.

Originally, to set on fire; kindle.

To heat, fire, bake, or fuse, as glass, earthenware, ores, etc.

To heat, as glass, earthenware, or metals, in order to fix colors; enamel.

To treat, as glass, earthenware, or metals, by heating and gradually cooling, so as to toughen them and remove their brittleness.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. transitive verb

To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. transitive verb

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. verb

To strengthen or harden. verb

Bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling verb

An act of annealing.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Anneal

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The word "anneal" in example sentences

(For the record: I pronounce it like the word "anneal", used in glassmaking.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Windows.l. 6. 'anneal', i.e. fix the colours by heating the glass. ❋ Herbert J.C. Grierson (1921)

I find that when a neck splits, or the neck won't hold the bullet, it is time to anneal that whole lot. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He made the dies, and promoted the idea, and prospered, but I have, and still use, an original die set and it is not RCBS. Since the advent of high velosity .22 LR ammo, one must anneal the hulls before forming them into jackets, and the whole process becomes very time consuming and tedious, maybe not worth the effort, in spite of the high cost of bullets. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you don't anneal the glass then you are producing a walking time-bomb: I knew someone who had had a paperweight for ten years, and then one sunny day it simply went off, exploding and spraying shards of glass all over his living room. ❋ Heather McDougal (2007)

Maybe the…Aspects…the Auspicates of the one who lightnings, maybe they can help, maybe they can anneal me. ❋ Sarah Micklem (2009)

And most cars now a days, well, the air bag will act like Saran Wrap and, as it has melted from the flames, anneal itself to the biological remains of the driver, and preserve up to 72 percent for transplantation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I plan to batch anneal my creations after they're done. ❋ Studio Marcy - Marcy Lamberson (2009)

This means that the rocks are hotter than normal rocks that are being deformed by say mountian building events and so the fualts break and fracture and then some of them basically anneal shut again - the fracture heals its self or the rock sort of glues itself back together again. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The chaos and anarchy about to reign down on our heads as the true weight of monetary collapse is realized is the fire that will anneal us and prepare us for the greatest shift mankind has ever endured! ❋ Unknown (2006)

That 120 F yearly variation and 20 F daily variation tends to anneal out the effects of very small very low frequency variations at least until they get significant relative to the yearly variations. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I love these postcards - I use a lot of aluminium in my work too and its great but I use Coke cans which I anneal myself - Yours are lovely. ❋ Mary K. McGraw (2006)

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The result helped to anneal California Latino voters and the families of future voters agaisnt the Repugs. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If wool fabrics are left to rest, their fibers age or “anneal.” ❋ CHERYL MENDELSON (2005)

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