1. to change from a glassy state to a crystalline state
Usage: technical; materials science

Examples

• The glass devitrifies when heated to high temperatures over time.
• Ancient glass artifacts often devitrify, losing their transparency.
• The ceramic material devitrifies during the cooling process.
• Heat treatment causes the amorphous solid to devitrify into crystals.
• The glaze devitrifies if fired at too high a temperature.
• Scientists study how volcanic glass devitrifies over geological time.