Anneal

глагол 1) [технический термин] отжигать; прокаливать 2) обжигать (стекло, керамические изделия) 3) закалять; закаляться

Большой англо-русский словарь

Anneal

1) отжиг; отжигать 2) закалять 3) обжигать (например стекло)

Англо-русский научно-технический словарь

Anneal

1) отжиг; отжигать 2) [биотехнологический термин] отжигать, гибридизировать

Англо-русский политехнический словарь

Anneal

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 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

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