Vitrification
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 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. uncountable, usually
"At this point overfiring begins, as is shown particularly by the volume curve, which indicates decided bloating, so that at 1450°C the clay has about the same volume it had at 1050°C before vitrification took place."
- 2 the process of becoming vitreous wordnet
- 3 An instance of such conversion. countable
- 4 a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified wordnet
- 5 The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object. countable
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More examples"At this point overfiring begins, as is shown particularly by the volume curve, which indicates decided bloating, so that at 1450°C the clay has about the same volume it had at 1050°C before vitrification took place."
Etymology
From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione.
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