Devitrification

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Devitrification \De*vit`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n.
     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 devitrification products.


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