Definitions for Anneal
əˈnilan·neal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anneal, temper, normalizeverb

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

   "temper glass"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. annealverb

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

2. annealverb

   To strengthen or harden.

   There was more than one way to anneal them with regards to resolve.

3. Etymology: From anelen, onelen, from anælan, onælan, from ana + ailijanan, from aidʰ-. Related to onal, al, eldur, eld, ild.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Annealverb

   Etymology: ælan, to heat, Saxon.

   1. To heat glass, that the colours laid on it may pierce through.

   But when thou dost anneal in glass thy story,
   ———— ———— Then the light and glory
   More rev’rend grows, and more doth win,
   Which else shews wat’rish, bleak, and thin. George Herbert.

   When you purpose to anneal, take a plate of iron made fit for the oven; or, for want thereof, take a blue stone, which being made fit for the aforesaid oven, lay it upon the cross bars of iron. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

   Which her own inward symmetry reveal’d,
   And like a picture shone, in glass anneal’d. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. To heat glass after it is blown, that it may not break.3. To heat any thing in such a manner as to give it the true temper.

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1. anneal

   Anneal refers to a heat treatment process typically used to alter the physical and chemical properties of a material to increase its ductility and reduce its hardness. This process usually involves heating a material to a specific temperature and then gradually cooling it. Annealing is often used in metallurgy, glass making, and the manufacturing of materials like steel and copper to improve their durability and workability.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Annealverb

   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

2. Annealverb

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

3. Etymology: [OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. anlan; 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. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Anneal

   an-ēl′, v.t. to temper glass or metals by subjecting them to great heat and gradual cooling: to heat in order to fix colours on, as glass.—n. Anneal′ing. [Pfx. an-, and A.S. ælan, to burn.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Anneal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Anneal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Anneal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Anneal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Anneal
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Anneal
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Anneal