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schillerize

American  
[shil-uh-rahyz] / ˈʃɪl əˌraɪz /
especially British, schillerise

verb (used with object)

schillerized, schillerizing

  1. to give a schiller to (a crystal) by developing microscopic inclusions along certain planes.

Other Word Forms

  • schillerization noun

Etymology

Origin of schillerize

First recorded in 1880–85; schiller + -ize

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