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vitreous

[ vi-tree-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of the nature of or resembling glass, as in transparency, brittleness, hardness, glossiness, etc.:
vitreous china.
of or relating to glass.
obtained from or containing glass.

vitreous

/ ˈvɪtrɪəs /

vitreous

/ vĭt′rē-əs /

1640–50; < Latin vitreus, equivalent to vitr ( um ) glass + -eus -eous

C17: from Latin vitreus made of glass, from vitrum glass; probably related to vidēre to see

They are transparent to translucent, with a vitreous lustre, and are of an emerald-green to blackish-green colour.

They spoke authoritatively about infusions into the vitreous humor and subsequent absorption.

This he dropped into some molten lead, but it was nearly all exhaled in smoke, and the residue was simply of a vitreous character.

And now another suggestion, based on the fact that slag is vitreous, is put forth, namely to convert it into glass.

It forms the processus falciformis, and from it is derived the vitreous humour.

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