fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
(Latin: to make, to do, to build, to cause, to produce; forming, shaping)
vitrificate
To convert into glass; to vitrify.
vitrification
1. The process of converting materials into glass or a glass-like amorphous solid which does not have any crystalline structure.
2. In pottery, the point at which a pot loses its porosity during a firing.
3. The progressive fusion of a material during the firing process; as it proceeds, glassy bonding increases and the porosity of the fired product decreases.
4. A forming of a supercooled liquid; such as, glass.
5. The act or process of vitrifying; a state of being vitrified.
2. In pottery, the point at which a pot loses its porosity during a firing.
3. The progressive fusion of a material during the firing process; as it proceeds, glassy bonding increases and the porosity of the fired product decreases.
4. A forming of a supercooled liquid; such as, glass.
5. The act or process of vitrifying; a state of being vitrified.
When the starting material is solid, vitrification usually involves heating the substances to very high temperatures. Many ceramics are produced in such a manner.
Vitrification also occurs naturally when lightning strikes sand, where the extreme and immediate heat can create hollow, branching rootlike structures of glass, called fulgurites (natural hollow carrot-shaped glass tubes formed in quartzose sand or soil by lightning strikes).
vitrified wheel
A grinding wheel whose abrasive surface is bound by glass or porcelain.
vitrified, vitrifying, vitrifies
1. To change or to make into glass or a glassy substance; especially, through heat fusion.
2. To become vitreous.
2. To become vitreous.
vitrified-clay pipe
A pipe, made of clay treated in a kiln to induce vitrification, with the surface glazed to keep water from seeping through the pipe surface; used for drainage.
vitrify
1. To convert or change into glass or something like glass.
2. To change or make into glass or a glassy substance; especially, through heat fusion.
3. To make or to become vitreous.
2. To change or make into glass or a glassy substance; especially, through heat fusion.
3. To make or to become vitreous.
1. Having the quality of being active, spirited, or alive and vigorous.
2. The act of being restored to life; revival.
3. Trimming of the surface layer of a wound to aid the union of tissues.
4. Transformation of protein through assimilation into the living matter of cellular organisms.
2. The act of being restored to life; revival.
3. Trimming of the surface layer of a wound to aid the union of tissues.
4. Transformation of protein through assimilation into the living matter of cellular organisms.
1. Someone, or something, that makes a situation more active or animated.
2. That which gives new life, or energy, to something.
2. That which gives new life, or energy, to something.
vivify (verb), vivifies; vivified; vivifying
1. To cause someone, or something, to come to life: When Jane read a story to her daughter, she vivified the dialogs of the characters by speaking in a very animated manner.
2. To give liveliness to something: Tom and Susan tried to vivify their home by painting each room a different color.
3. To make more lively, intense, or striking; to enliven: Mrs. Smart wanted to vivify her English lessons in the 10th grade in Germany by inviting a native speaker in to talk about the life of teenagers in the U.S.
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2. To give liveliness to something: Tom and Susan tried to vivify their home by painting each room a different color.
3. To make more lively, intense, or striking; to enliven: Mrs. Smart wanted to vivify her English lessons in the 10th grade in Germany by inviting a native speaker in to talk about the life of teenagers in the U.S.
