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Webster 1913 Edition
Vitreous
Vit′re-ous
,Adj.
1.
Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy;
as,
. vitreous
rocks2.
Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass;
as,
. vitreous
electricityVitreous 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
(Zool.)
, 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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Vitreous
VIT'REOUS
,Adj.
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.]Definition 2024
vitreous
vitreous
English
Adjective
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).
Antonyms
- (electric charge): resinous
Derived terms
Translations
glassy
Noun
vitreous (usually uncountable, plural vitreouses)
- (by elision) The vitreous humor.