vitreous

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The porosity classifications range from impervious (the least absorbent) to vitreous, semi-vitreous and, finally, non-vitreous

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or having the nature of glass; glassy.
  2. adjective Obtained or made from glass.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the vitreous humor.
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  • He reached a wall, stepping on rubble that was vitreous: smooth surfaces fractured by the solar heat of the explosions. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
  • Lustre indicates the way a mineral's surface interacts with light and can range from dull to glassy (vitreous). —  Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers / Feed
  • Eyes were enucleated and hemisected, and the vitreous was removed in room light. —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • Slide 12: • nonmetallic • blue • light blue streak • 3.5 - 4 hardness • vitreous or transparent —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Slide 18: • nonmetallic • vitreous, pearly • colorless, pale brown, green, yellow • 2.5 hardness • separates into thin, glass - like plates —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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  1. From Latin vitreus, from vitrum, glass.

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  1. Cf. French vitrcux and Spanish vitreo = Portuguese Italian vitreo; from Latin vitreus, of glass, from vitrum, glass, orig. *vidtrum, a transparent substance, from videre, see: see vision. Cf. vitrine, verre, etc.
 

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