ANNEAL


Meaning of ANNEAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈnēl ]

verb

Etymology: Middle English anelen to set on fire, from Old English onǣlan, from on + ǣlan to set on fire, burn, from āl fire; akin to Old English ǣled fire, Old Norse eldr

Date: 1664

transitive verb

1.

a. : to heat and then cool (as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle ; also : to cool slowly usually in a furnace

b. : to heat and then cool (double-stranded nucleic acid) in order to separate strands and induce combination at lower temperature with complementary strands

2. : strengthen , toughen

intransitive verb

: to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.