English dictionary
devitrification
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noun
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The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called <i>devitrification products</i>.
Source: webster1913