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[ UK /vˈɪtɹiəs/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪtɹiəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye
the vitreous chamber -
relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass
vitreous rocks
vitreous silica -
(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
glassy porcelain
glazed pottery
How To Use vitreous In A Sentence
- It may seem a paradox that the same colour should be at once so durable and so fugitive, but we may briefly explain it by saying _when vitreous pigments are reduced to that extreme state of division which the palette requires, they lose the properties they possess in a less finely divided state_. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists
- the vitreous chamber
- In its original sense enamel is glass or vitreous paste fused to a prepared surface, usually of metal, by means of intense heat.
- The posterior chamber is separated from the vitreous body by a transparent biconvex lens.
- The vitreous humor is between the back of the lens and the retina.
- Furthermore, the possibilities of damage by hemorrhage from the choroidal or retinal vessels, delayed formation of the anterior chamber and adhesion of the capsule of the lens to the wound, and the injurious effects of even slight trauma subsequent to the operation, including loss of vitreous, are increased by omitting the conjunctival flap. Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913
- The blind left eye was enucleated in January 2001 to help establish the diagnosis and showed a mass lesion involving the vitreous cavity and with a mild thickening of the choroid.
- Most natural corundum is of industrial quality, but transparent to translucent varieties with their adamantine to vitreous luster potentially yield gemstones.
- There were further tests on the blood, bile and vitreous humor. AMAGANSETT
- This alloy has the closest thermal expansion match to alumina, beryllia, and vitreous glass