anneal

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /əˈniːl/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: an‧neal

Verb

Plain form anneal

Third-person singular anneals

Past tense annealed

Past participle annealed

Present participle annealing

1. If you anneal something, you heat it and then let it cool slowly so as to make it less brittle.
   • Synonyms: temper and toughen
2. (biochemistry) If you anneal, you recombine DNA into a double-stranded form