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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, n. 1. A poetic term for the sea or the atmosphere. ``The clear hyaline, the glassy sea.'' --Milton. Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline. --Mrs. Browning. 2. (Biol.) The pellucid substance, present in cells in process of development, from which according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates. 3. (Physiol. Chem.) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible of alcoholic fermentation. --Gamgee. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyaline \Hy"a*line\, a. [L. hyalinus Gr ?, fr ? glass: cf F. hyalin.] Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal. ``Hyaline spaces.'' --Carpenter. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hyaline adj : resembling glass in transparency or translucency; "the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline"-Sacheverell Sitwell n : a glassy translucent material that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions [syn: {hyalin}]
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