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devitrification|dɪˌvɪtrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən| [a. mod.F. dévitrification (1803 in Hatz.-Darm.), f. dévitrifier: see next.] The action or process of devitrifying; deprivation of vitreous character; esp. change (of rocks) from a glassy to a crystalline condition.
1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. xvi. 317 heading, On the Devitrification of Glass. Ibid. 326 The devitrification was by no means perfect. 1865Ecclesiologist XXVI. 269 The process of de-vitrification in ancient painted glass. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks x. 163 The development of micro⁓liths is one of the causes of devitrification in glassy rocks and in artificial glass. 1881Judd Volcanoes ix. 258 These glassy rocks easily undergo ‘devitrification’. |