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Definition of Vitrify

Vitrify
Vitrify Vit"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying.] [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.] To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Vitrify
Vitrify Vit"ri*fy, v. t. To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. --Arbuthnot.

Meaning of Vitrify from wikipedia

- Vitrification (from Latin vitrum 'gl****', via French vitrifier) is the full or partial transformation of a substance into a gl****, that is to say, a non-crystalline...
- Vitrified tile is a ceramic tile with very low porosity. It is an alternative to marble and granite flooring. Vitrified tiles are often used outdoors...
- Vitrified forts are stone enclosures whose walls have been subjected to vitrification through heat. It was long thought that these structures were unique...
- achieved by supercooling a viscous liquid into the gl**** state, is called vitrification. The gl****-transition temperature Tg of a material characterizes the...
- [better source needed] It is not possible to reanimate a corpse that has undergone vitrification, as that damages the brain, including its neural circuits. The first...
- Vitrified sand is sand that has been heated to a high enough temperature to undergo vitrification, which is the melting of the silicon dioxide or quartz...
- rate and slow freezing and a newer flash-freezing process known as vitrification. Controlled-rate and slow freezing, also known as slow programmable...
- Vitrified clay pipe (VCP) is pipe made from a blend of clay and shale that has been subjected to high temperature to achieve vitrification, which results...
- known as vitrification. Vitrification is much faster but requires higher concentrations of cryoprotectants to be added. The result of vitrification is a solid...
- unglazed. Porcelain tiles are one type of vitrified tiles and are sometimes referred to as porcelain vitrified tiles. Historically, porcelain was not the...