[{"word":"annealing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To strengthen or harden.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The experience annealed them, strengthening their resolve."}],"synonyms":["indurate","ruggedize","temper"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anneal","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/annealing"]}]