Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of partly vitrifying anything, or the state of being partly vitrified.
- noun 2. A substance or mass in the state of being semi-vitrified, or partially converted into glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being semivitrified.
- noun A substance imperfectly vitrified.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
semivitrified .
Etymologies
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semi- + vitrification
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Examples
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Very fine porcelain has been made from English materials but the nature of the manufacture renders the process precarious and the profit hazardous; for the semivitrification, which constitutes porcelain, is necessarily accompanied with a degree of softness, or semifusion, so that the vessels are liable to have their forms altered in the kiln, or to run together with any accidental augmentations of the fire.
The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Erasmus Darwin 1766
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