Definitions
1.verbTo subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
2.verbTo cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
3.verbTo burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
4.verbTo make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
5.verbTo strengthen or harden."The experience annealed them, strengthening their resolve."
6.nounThe heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice."Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish."