metamictize (English, verb)
expansion: metamictize (third-person singular simple present metamictizes, present participle metamictizing, simple past and past participle metamictized)
Senses:
glosses: To gradually destroy the mineral's crystal structure through the radiation emitted by the mineral itself, leaving it amorphous.
tags: intransitive
raw_tags: of a mineral
Forms:
form: metamictizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: metamictizing
tags: participle
present
form: metamictized
tags: participle
past
form: metamictized
tags: past