vitreous
adjEtymology
From Middle French vitreux, from Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”). The terms vitreous (positive) and resinous (negative) electricity were coined in 1733 by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, who studied the different behaviour of glass and resin when rubbed with silk and fur, respectively.
- derived from vitreux
Definitions
Of or resembling glass
Of or resembling glass; glassy.
Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
Having a shiny nonporous surface.
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Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without…
Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for…
With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
Positive (of electric charge).
The vitreous humor.
The neighborhood
- neighborvitreous enamel
- neighborvitreousness
- neighborvitrifaction
- neighborvitrifacture
- neighborvitrification
- neighborvitrify
- neighborvitriolic
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vitreous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA