adj
Meaning 1
Of or resembling glass; glassy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shiny, smooth
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vitreous
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having a shiny nonporous surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Positive (of electric charge).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: resinous
noun
Meaning 7
The vitreous humor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- vitreous rocks
- vitreous silica
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the vitreous chamber
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- glazed pottery
- glassy porcelain
- hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: glassy, vitrified
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стъ́клен (stǎ́klen) — of or resembling glass
- Catalan: vitri — of or resembling glass
- Czech: skelný — of or resembling glass
- Czech: sklovitý — of or resembling glass
- Czech: skleněný — of or resembling glass
- Finnish: lasinen — of or resembling glass
- Finnish: lasimainen — of or resembling glass
- French: vitreux — of or resembling glass
- Georgian: მინის (minis) — of or resembling glass
- Georgian: მინიანი (miniani) — of or resembling glass
- Georgian: მინისებრი (minisebri) — of or resembling glass
- German: glasig — of or resembling glass
- German: glasartig — of or resembling glass
- German: gläsern — of or resembling glass
- German: aus Glas — of or resembling glass
- Hungarian: üveges — of or resembling glass
- Ido: vitratra — of or resembling glass
- Indonesian: vitreus — of or resembling glass
- Irish: gloineach — of or resembling glass
- Latvian: stiklveida — of or resembling glass
- Polish: szklany — of or resembling glass
- Swedish: vitrös — of or resembling glass
- Turkish: cam gibi — of or resembling glass
- Turkish: cama benzer — of or resembling glass
- Turkish: camsı — of or resembling glass
- Turkish: camımsı — of or resembling glass
- Finnish: lasiais- — of or relating to the vitreous humor
- Indonesian: vitreus — of or relating to the vitreous humor
- Polish: szklisty — of or relating to the vitreous humor
- Finnish: lasitettu — ceramics: having a shiny nonporous surface
- Polish: szklisty — ceramics: having a shiny nonporous surface
- Finnish: amorfinen — chemistry: of a semi-crystalline substance
- Polish: szklisty — chemistry: of a semi-crystalline substance
- Finnish: lasi- — physics, dated: electrically positive
- Polish: szklisty — physics, dated: electrically positive