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metamictize

metamictize verb: to gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.

Verb

metamictize (third-person singular simple present metamictizes, present participle metamictizing, simple past and past participle metamictized)

  1. (intransitive) To gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.

Forms of metamictize

third-person singular presentmetamictizes
present participlemetamictizing
past participlemetamictized
pastmetamictized

Origin of metamictize

From metamict + -ize.

Words formed from metamictize

Questions about metamictize

What does metamictize mean?
Metamictize means to gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.
What part of speech is metamictize?
Metamictize is a verb.
What is the past tense of metamictize?
The past tense of metamictize is metamictized.

Words near metamictize in the dictionary

  1. metamethods
  2. metamfetamine
  3. metamict
  4. metamictic
  5. metamictization
  6. metamictize
  7. metamictized
  8. metamictizes
  9. metamictizing
  10. metamictness
  11. metamicts

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