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noun
Turning to glass or glasslike material: the action or process of vitrifying a material: conversion into an amorphous solid free of any crystalline structure by addition or removal of heat or by mixture with an additive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
An instance of such conversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the process of becoming vitreous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
noun
a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: solid
History
From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione.
Across languages
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