vitreous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: vitreous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vitreous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vitreous adj of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; "the vitreous chamber" relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica" (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" Synonym(s): glassy, vitreous, vitrified
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vitreous \Vit"reous\, 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[94]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}.