vitreous
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- IPA /ˈvɪ.tɹi.əs/
Noun
vitreous noun
- (by elision) The vitreous humor.
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vitreous adjective
- Of or resembling glass; glassy.
- Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
- (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
- Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
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vitrifiedglassyshinyglazedflintglassfluorophotometrylustrelusterhardclearglasslikehyalinepellucidhyaloidglossy
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