DEVITRIFIED

DEVITRIFY

devitrify

(verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque

devitrify

(verb) become crystalline

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

devitrified

simple past tense and past participle of devitrify

Source: Wiktionary


DEVITRIFY

De*vit"ri*fy, v. t.

Definition: To deprive of glasslike character; to take away vitreous luster and transparency from.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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