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Webster 1913 Edition


Devitrification

De-vitˊri-fi-ca′tion

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Noun.
The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products.

Definition 2024


devitrification

devitrification

English

Noun

devitrification (plural devitrifications)

  1. The formation of small crystals in a glass as a result of slow cooling from the molten state