amorphization
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Definition of amorphization
: the act or process of making something structurally amorphous or of becoming structurally amorphous pressure-induced amorphization of crystals …— Russell J. Hemley et al., Physics Today, August 1998 The formation and growth of an amorphous metallic alloy by atomic transport in the solid state, or solid-state amorphization, is in fact ubiquitous.— Yang-Tse Cheng et al., Science, 27 Feb. 1987
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transitive verb
amorphized;
amorphizing;
amorphizes
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