"vitrification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪ.tɹɪ.fɪˌkeɪ.ʃən/ [UK] Forms: vitrifications [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtɹɪfɪkeɪʃən, -eɪʃən Etymology: From Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), from *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), from vitrum (“glass”) + -ificāre (“-ify”). Cf. French vitrification, Spanish vitrificación, Italian vitrificazion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|vitrifcatio|*vitrificātio|glassification}} Late Latin *vitrificātio (“glassification”), {{m|la|vitrificare|*vitrificāre|to glassify}} *vitrificāre (“to glassify”), {{m|la|vitrum||glass}} vitrum (“glass”), {{m|la|-ifico#Latin|-ificāre|-ify}} -ificāre (“-ify”), {{cog|fr|vitrification}} French vitrification, {{cog|es|vitrificación}} Spanish vitrificación, {{cog|it|vitrificazion}} Italian vitrificazion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vitrification (countable and uncountable, plural vitrifications)
  1. (usually uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (Translations): остъкляване (ostǎkljavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vitrificació [feminine] (Catalan), gloiniú [masculine] (Irish), стеклование (steklovanije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vitrification-en-noun-lS3ZEC-W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 90 5 5
  2. (countable) An instance of such conversion. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-vitrification-en-noun-XNrD-V87
  3. (countable) The result of such conversion: a vitrified substance or object. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-vitrification-en-noun-F5RbvRFD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vitrifaction Hyponyms: glassification Related terms: vitrify, vitrifacture, vitreous, petrification

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