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Definition of Glassify
1. Verb. to convert a (silica-bearing) material to a glasslike substance by applying heat ¹
2. Verb. to convert sand or soil (of a particular geographic area) to a glasslike state using the heat from a thermonuclear detonation ¹
3. Verb. to convert radioactive waste into a glasslike substance for long-term storage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Glassify
1. to become like glass [v GLASSIFIED, GLASSIFYING, GLASSIFIES]
Literary usage of Glassify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Industrial Efficiency by Dwight Thompson Farnham (1917)
"... and glassify dem in heaps. Und der biggest heap—dot is it!" The scientist may
be ridiculed by the self-styled practical man but the successful man, ..."
2. Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Last accessed February 28. 2006. WNO (US Water News Online). 2005. Hanford breaks
ground on pilot project to glassify waste, February 2005. ..."
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