Meanings
plural vitrifications · alternative vitrifaction
- uncountableusuallyTurning 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 - countableAn instance of such conversion.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Late Latin*vitrificātio“glassification”
- Englishvitrification
From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazione.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian остъкляване
- остъкляване (ostăkljavane)turning to glass
Catalan vitrificació
- vitrificacióturning to glass
French vitrification
- vitrificationturning to glass
Irish gloiniú
- gloiniúturning to glass
Italian vetrificazione
- vetrificazioneturning to glass
Portuguese vitrificação
- vitrificaçãoturning to glass
Russian стеклование
- стеклование (steklovanije)turning to glass
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vitrification
Cite this entry
vitrification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitrification
“vitrification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vitrification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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