Vitreous /(?)/
Vit·re·ous
Vitreous
a.
- Consisting of, or resembling, glass; glassy; as, vitreous rocks.
- Of or pertaining to glass; derived from glass; as, vitreous electricity.
Phrases & Compounds
- Vitreous body
- the vitreous humor. See the Note under Eye.
- Vitreous electricity
- the kind of electricity excited by rubbing glass with certain substances, as silk; positive electricity; -- opposed to resinous, or negative, electricity.
- Vitreous humor
- See the Note under Eye.
- Vitreous sponge
- 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.