- 1. a. Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks. Source: opted
- 2. a. Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity. Source: opted
- 3. adj. of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it Source: wordnet
- 6. 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 (Zoöl.), 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. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 a. of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye a. relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass Source: ecdict
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