单词 | vitrify |
释义 | vitrifyv. 1. transitive. To convert into glass or a glass-like substance; to render vitreous by fusion due to heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > subject to chemical reactions or processes [verb (transitive)] > subject to named chemical reaction or process > subject to vitrification vitrify1594 vitrificate1626 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > glass-making > make glass [verb (transitive)] > turn into glass vitrify1594 vitrificate1626 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 25 in Jewell House Stones which..endure the strength of fire, and are not consumed therewith, but rather vitrified. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxviii. 55 Surely, that gran Universall-fire.., at the day of judgment, may by its violent-ardor vitrifie and turn to one lump of Crystall, the whole Body of the Earth. 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 45 Sometimes also is that heat so very intense, as further to melt it and vitrifie it. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. vi. 46 Clayey Soils..may by the strength of fire be converted into brick, or stone, or earthen metal. 1728 in 6th Rep. Deputy Keeper Rec. App. ii. 118 Vitrifying the dross of metals so as to mould the same like Bricks or Tiles. 1751 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. 65 The metal appeared to have been not only melted, but even vitrified. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 418 This glass pierces crucibles and vitrifies them. 1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) iv. 39 Shales, sandstones, &c., are often..vitrified at the points of junction with greenstone, basaltic, and felspathic rocks. 1866 D. Livingstone 28 July in Last Jrnls. (1874) I. iii. 79 The clay pipes..are met with everywhere, often vitrified. 2. intransitive. To become vitreous; to turn into glass or a substance resembling this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > turn into glass-like material [verb (intransitive)] vitrifya1626 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > undergo chemical reactions or processes [verb (intransitive)] > undergo chemical reactions or processes (named) > undergo vitrification vitrifya1626 a1626 F. Bacon Physiol. Remains in Baconiana (1679) 101 We see Metals will vitrify. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 103 These are apt to vitrifie, and make Glass and Crystal withal. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 226 I imagined that metals might not calcine or vitrify except in the same circumstances. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. vii. 286 Such lime easily vitrifies, in consequence of the affinity of lime for silica and alumina. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiv. 252 Resisting heat without slagging or vitrifying. Derivatives ˈvitrifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > vitrification vitrification1617 vitrifying1674 vitrifaction1728 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to vitrification vitrificate1471 vitrified1646 vitrifying1674 vitrescent1756 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > glass-making > [noun] > turning substance into glass or glassy material vitrification1617 vitrifying1674 vitrifaction1728 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > glass-making > [adjective] > turning substance into glass or glassy material vitrifying1674 vitrificatory1678 1674 R. Boyle About Excellency & Grounds Mech. Hypothesis 32 in Excellency Theol. So strictly united..as to maintain their union in the vitrifying violence of the fire. 1756 F. Home Exper. Bleaching 155 The heat was just below the vitrifying point. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1019 White vitrifying pastes, fit for receiving all sorts of metallic colours. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1159 The vitrifying colours are laid on by means of larger hair pencils. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1594 |
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