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Vitreous definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIT'REOUS, a. [L. vitreus, from vitrum, glass or woad.]
1. Pertaining to glass.
2. Consisting of glass; as a vitreous substance.
3. Resembling glass; as the vitreous humor of the eye, so called from its resembling melted glass. [See Humor.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; "the vitreous chamber"
2: relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica"
3: (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" [syn: glassy, vitreous, vitrified]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from vitrum glass Date: 14th century 1. a. resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) ; glassy <vitreous rocks> b. characterized by low porosity and usually translucence due to the presence of a glassy phase <vitreous china> 2. of, relating to, derived from, or consisting of glass 3. of, relating to, or constituting the vitreous humor <vitreous surgery> II. noun Date: 1869 vitreous humor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of, or of the nature of, glass. 2 like glass in hardness, brittleness, transparency, structure, etc. (vitreous enamel). Phrases and idioms: vitreous humour (or body) Anat. a transparent jelly-like tissue filling the eyeball. Derivatives: vitreousness n. Etymology: L vitreus f. vitrum glass

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vitreous Vit"re*ous, a. [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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Vitreous means made of glass or resembling glass. (TECHNICAL) ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Glassy.