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[Verb] | "an*neal" | \ ə-ˈnēl \
1: 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
2: to cause two complementary strands of nucleic acid (such as DNA or RNA) to join by hydrogen bonding; also : to induce the binding of a genetic primer to a complementary single-stranded nucleic acid by slowly cooling single strands obtained from the heating and separation of double-stranded DNA or RNA
3: strengthen, toughen
Origin: 1664 ;
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;
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[Verb] | "anneals"
1: to make stronger (as through hardship);
* e.g., " ... She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood. "
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(1) - { anneal } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Verb] | "anneal"
1: to make stronger (as through hardship);
* e.g., " ... She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood. "
Synonyms :
Antonyms :
sap,
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# 1 - { anneal:5860842 }
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[ "anneal" ]
1: To have sex with someone.
* e.g., ... Wow, he's so hot, he can anneal me any day.
I annealed that girl over the kitchen stove last night.
# 2 - { Simulated annealing:4915399 }
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[ "Simulated annealing" ]
1: algorithm consisting of a molecular dynamics simulation with gradually decreasing temperature
* e.g., ... In order to find the lowest energy of the molecule, I used a simulated annealing calculation.
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