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Meaning of vitreous

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

vitreous

Pronunciation:/ˈvɪ.tɹi.əs/

noun

Definitions

  1. (by elision) The vitreous humor.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or resembling glass; glassy.

  2. Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.

  3. (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.

  4. Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.