Anneal Example Sentences

Anneal Example Sentences

Definition

1 a : to heat and then cool (a material, such 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
3 : to be capable of combining with complementary nucleic acid by a process of heating and cooling


The welder was able to anneal the metal, heating it to make it stronger.

The exact temperature required to anneal steel depends on the ingredients of the alloy.

If you anneal the metal at too low a temperature, the correct binding process will not take place during heating or cooling.

If the glass maker does not properly anneal the pane, it is likely to crack with small temperature changes.

To make both metal and glass last longer, you might consider having someone anneal it through a heating and cooling process.