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vitreous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vitreous 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}, {vitrified}]
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