adj
Meaning 1
Glassy, transparent; amorphous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hyaline
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noun
Meaning 2
Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, poetic, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A clear translucent substance in tissues.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 4
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
resembling glass in transparency or translucency-Sacheverell Sitwell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hyaloid
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noun
Meaning 6
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hyalin
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Broader terms: transparent substance, translucent substance
Narrower terms: keratohyalin
History
Etymology
From Latin hyalinus, from Koine Greek ὑάλινος (huálinos), from ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прозрачен (prozračen) — glassy, transparent
- Catalan: hialí — glassy, transparent
- French: hyalin — glassy, transparent
- Icelandic: glær — glassy, transparent
- Northern Kurdish: ron — glassy, transparent
- Spanish: hialino — glassy, transparent
- Swedish: hyalin — glassy, transparent