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metamictizing

metamictizing is the present participle and gerund of metamictize.

Meaning of metamictize

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.

Questions about metamictizing

What is metamictizing the present participle and gerund of?
Metamictizing is the present participle and gerund of metamictize.

Words near metamictizing in the dictionary

  1. metamictic
  2. metamictization
  3. metamictize
  4. metamictized
  5. metamictizes
  6. metamictizing
  7. metamictness
  8. metamicts
  9. metamirror
  10. metamirrors
  11. metamizol

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