Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of hard glass or other substance used for electric insulation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as an insulator in electrical lamps and other apparatus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
glass which is very hard and difficult to fuse, used as aninsulator inelectrical lamps and other apparatus.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Jupiter light flooded the vitrite garden, gave the plants there, chosen with an eye to this, strange, exotic, glowing colors, flushed Negu Mah and Sliss with a ruby radiance.
The Indulgence of Negu Mah Robert Arthur 1939
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Nanlo, his wife, pushing before her the small serving cart with its platinum molkai decanter, paused for an instant as she entered the shell of pure vitrite which covered the garden, giving it the illusion of out-of-doorness.
The Indulgence of Negu Mah Robert Arthur 1939
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The uranium merchant led the way back to the vitrite covered garden and there, a little wearily, resumed his seat and picked up his mug again.
The Indulgence of Negu Mah Robert Arthur 1939
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