Associations to the word «Vitreous»

VITREOUS, adjective. Of or resembling glass; glassy.

VITREOUS, adjective. Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.

VITREOUS, adjective. (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.

VITREOUS, adjective. (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.

VITREOUS, adjective. (physics) (dated) Positive (of electric charge).

VITREOUS, noun. (by elision) The vitreous humor.

VITREOUS BODIES, noun. Plural of vitreous body

VITREOUS BODY, noun. (anatomy) vitreous humour

VITREOUS HUMOR, noun. (anatomy) (US) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.

VITREOUS HUMOUR, noun. (anatomy) (British) (Canada) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.

VITREOUS, adjective. Of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye; "the vitreous chamber".

VITREOUS, adjective. Relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass; "vitreous rocks"; "vitreous silica".

VITREOUS, adjective. (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".