Devitrify (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The high temperature caused the glass to devitrify and become brittle.
- Prolonged exposure to water can make certain types of glass devitrify and lose their transparency.
- The manufacturing defect led to the ceramic glaze devitrifying and forming unattractive crystalline patterns.
- Over time, the window glass began to devitrify due to prolonged exposure to the elements.
- The scientist studied how metal oxides can devitrify glassy materials and create a range of unique properties.
Meaning 2
Become crystalline.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The glass slowly began to devitrify as it underwent the prolonged heat treatment process.
- In the high-temperature experiment, the initially clear glass sample started to devitrify, losing its transparency.
- Over time, the amorphous metal alloy underwent a phase transition and began to devitrify.
- Under certain conditions of intense pressure and temperature, the glass can devitrify into distinct crystals.
- Researchers carefully watched as the supercooling caused the glass to devitrify and create a polycrystalline structure.