Associations to the word «Vitrification»

Wiktionary

VITRIFICATION, noun. A process of converting a material into a glass-like amorphous solid which is free of any crystalline structure, either by the quick removal or addition of heat, or by mixing with an additive.

Dictionary definition

VITRIFICATION, noun. A vitrified substance; the glassy result of being vitrified.
VITRIFICATION, noun. The process of becoming vitreous.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky