vitreous

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or resembling glass; glassy.
2. Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
3. 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.
5. With a glass-like texture, often referring to volcanic rocks that cooled too quickly for crystals to form.
6. (dated) Positive (of electric charge).

Noun

The vitreous humor.

Opposite of

resinous

Synonyms

glassy

hyaline

glazed

vitrified

glass

transparent

open

transparence

transparency

vitriform

glass-like

deaphaneity

vitrescent

vitric

vitroclastic

glassy state

clarity

vitreous state

crystalloid

diaphaneity

expressionless

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glassiness

hyaloid

Translations

vitreux

gläsern

glasig

glasartig

glasachtig

vitreo

vítreo

vítreo

υαλώδης

Glaskörper

υάλινος

glazig

aus Glas

corps vitré

زجاجي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈvɪ.tɹi.əs/

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.