Definitions for: Vitreous


[adj] (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"
[adj] relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica"
[adj] of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; "the vitreous chamber"



Webster (1913) Definition: Vit"re*ous, 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["o]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.

Synonyms: glassy, glazed, shiny, vitrified

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