anneal
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The foreign DNA and vector are allowed to anneal.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The tone of the letter seems, to this reader, overly filled with shame, but it works to anneal the injury.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
But in the alkaline waters of these springs, the carbonate in the water will anneal to the shell of a snail, causing snail shells to grow increasingly heavy and unwieldy.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 23, 2017
Pronk, S. & Frenkel, D. Can stacking faults in hard-sphere crystals anneal out spontaneously?
From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2017
Perhaps Rekh would now let him make leaves every day, perhaps allow him to anneal wire, spread solder just so on the boxes, and learn and become skillful.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The process of PCR anneals DNA molecules to complementary DNA strands, which maintains the same amount of DNA.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
One who, or that which, blanches or whitens; esp., one who anneals and cleanses money; also, a chemical preparation for this purpose.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The baking not only anneals the wire, but reduces the shellac to a hard and highly insulating mass.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
They used MAPS, or microporous annealed particle scaffolds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Gonzalez-Torres and Laycock had seen and loved an earlier work by Horn — a thin, crumpled sheet of annealed gold.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2022
A child of wartime Italy annealed by harsh experience — he starved and was temporarily blinded in boyhood by unexploded ordnance — Mr. Armani possesses plenty of backbone.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2021
The essence of the London story is retained, with stouthearted Buck being annealed by adversity, overcoming brutality, confusion and loneliness and then responding to the kindness of Thornton to become the leader of the pack.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
Riddick hoped that the conflict would produce an annealed group capable of directing the charrette once it got started.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
After reaching the desired orientation, the team used an annealing process designed specifically for the material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
D-Wave briefly explored gate-based models after its founding in 1999 before shifting its focus to quantum annealing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
D-Wave, known for annealing quantum systems, is expanding into gate-model technology to broaden its customer base.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
Veeco sells technologies for ion-beam deposition and laser annealing, which are essential in manufacturing semiconductors and packaging advanced chips.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 28, 2026
Another coil of wire lay ready for annealing.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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