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vitrification

UK/ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/

vitrification 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.

Noun

vitrification (countable and uncountable, plural vitrifications)

  1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
    • 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.1919, United States. Bureau of Standards, Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, page 15
  2. (countable) An instance of such conversion.
  3. (countable) The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.

Antonyms of vitrification

Forms of vitrification

pluralvitrifications
alternative formvitrifaction

Origin of vitrification

From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione.

Words formed from vitrification

Questions about vitrification

What does vitrification mean?
Vitrification means 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.
What part of speech is vitrification?
Vitrification is a noun.
How do you pronounce vitrification?
Vitrification is pronounced /ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of vitrification?
The plural of vitrification is vitrifications.

Words near vitrification in the dictionary

  1. vitrificable
  2. vitrificate
  3. vitrificated
  4. vitrificates
  5. vitrificating
  6. vitrification
  7. vitrifications
  8. vitrified
  9. vitrified clay pipe
  10. vitrified clay pipes
  11. vitrifies

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