vitrification
Meanings
Plural: vitrifications
Noun
- a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified
- the process of becoming vitreous
- 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.
- An instance of such conversion.
- The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazion.
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