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n. - The process of resembling glass; A substance that resembles glass.

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  • This process is called vitrification, and the more a clay vitrifies the less porous it becomes.
  • But rapid freezing - also known as vitrification - allows that figure to rise to almost 80 per cent.
  • Using a process called vitrification, the water in the body is now replaced with an anti-freezing agent.
  • South Korea has advanced another method, called vitrification, where liquid nitrogen is used to flash-freeze the eggs.
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