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vitrification
n.
turning into glass; becoming vitreous; (Dentistry) procedure of using heat and fusion to convert dental porcelain to a glassy substance
Vitrification
Vitrification (from
Latin vitreum, "glass" via
French vitrifier) is the transformation of a substance into a
glass, that is to say a non-
crystalline amorphous solid. In ceramics it gives impermeability to water.
vitrification
Noun
1. a vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified
(hypernym) solid
(derivation) vitrify
2. the process of becoming vitreous
(hypernym) natural process, natural action, action, activity
(derivation) vitrify
vitrification
nf.
vitrification, varnishing, glazing
Vitrification
(n.)
Same as Vitrifaction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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