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
28 March 2025
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