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invitrifiable

invitrifiable adjective: not capable of being vitrified.

Adjective

invitrifiable (not comparable)

  1. Not capable of being vitrified.
    • Macquer found the purest gypsum invitrifiable by solar heat ; that of Monmartre seemed to yield , but probably was not pure. Even the heat excited by pure air , if continued long enough to dissipate the acid , cannot vitrify it1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

Origin of invitrifiable

From in- + vitrifiable.

Questions about invitrifiable

What does invitrifiable mean?
Invitrifiable means not capable of being vitrified.
What part of speech is invitrifiable?
Invitrifiable is an adjective.

Words near invitrifiable in the dictionary

  1. invitingly
  2. invitingness
  3. invitings
  4. invitress
  5. invitresses
  6. invitrifiable
  7. invitro
  8. invitros
  9. invitrosome
  10. invitrosomes
  11. invocable

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