1. glass-ceramic - Noun
2. glass-ceramic - Adjective
glass-ceramic (plural glass-ceramics)
A type of glass that has been devitrified.
glass-ceramic (not comparable)
Relating to such a glass.
If later heat treatments cause this glass to become partly crystalline, the resulting material is known as a glass-ceramic, widely used as cook-top and also as a glass composite material for nuclear waste disposal. Source: Internet
This type of glass-ceramic exhibits excellent mechanical properties and can sustain repeated and quick temperature changes up to 1000 °C. Source: Internet