Vitreous Definition
vĭtrē-əs
adjective
Of, having the nature of, or like glass; glassy.
Webster's New World
Derived from or made of glass.
Webster's New World
Of the vitreous humor.
Webster's New World
(chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
Wiktionary
noun
The vitreous humor.
American Heritage Medicine
Origin of Vitreous
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The terms vitreous (positive) and resinous (negative) electricity were coined in 1733 by Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, who studied the different behaviour of glass and resin when rubbed with silk and fur, respectively.
From Wiktionary
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From Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent"), from vitrum (“glass").
From Wiktionary
From Latin vitreus from vitrum glass
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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