Dictionary

vitrification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Antonyms

crystallization

Deriveds

devitrification · semivitrification · postvitrification · covitrification

Hyponyms

glassification

Relateds

vitreous · petrification · vitrify · vitrifacture

Translations (7)

it vetrificazione (turning to glass) · ru стеклование (turning to glass) · fr vitrification (turning to glass) · ca vitrificació (turning to glass) · bg остъкляване (turning to glass) · pt vitrificação (turning to glass) · ga gloiniú (turning to glass)