glassy, vitreous, vitrified
(adjective) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; “glazed pottery”; “glassy porcelain”; “hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures”
vitreous
(adjective) relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; “vitreous rocks”; “vitreous silica”
vitreous
(adjective) of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; “the vitreous chamber”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vitreous (comparative more vitreous, superlative most vitreous)
Of or resembling glass; glassy.
Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
(of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
(chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
(physics, dated) Positive (of electric charge).
• (electric charge): resinous
vitreous (usually uncountable, plural vitreouses)
(by elision) The vitreous humor.
• oversuit, virtuose, voitures
Source: Wiktionary
Vit"re*ous, a. Etym: [L. vitreous, from vitrum glass; perhaps akin to videre to see (see Vision). Cf. Varnish.]
1. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
2. Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity. Vitreous body (Anat.), the vitreous humor. See the Note under Eye.
– Vitreous electricity (Elec.), the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity;
– opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity.
– Vitreous humor. (Anat.) See the Note under Eye.
– Vitreous sponge (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of siliceous sponges having, often fibrous, glassy spicules which are normally six-rayed; a hexactinellid sponge. See Venus's basket, under Venus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
