vitrification — English Dictionary

Noun

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.

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   • Uncountable
   • usually

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   More examples (1)

   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. An instance of such conversion.

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   • Countable

3. The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.

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   • Countable

Noun

1. a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified

   Broader terms

   solid

2. the process of becoming vitreous

   Broader terms

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