different between hyalite vs hyaline

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (húalos, “glass”) +? -ite

Noun

hyalite (plural hyalites)

1. (mineralogy) A form of opal.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Hyalite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “hyalite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

English

Alternative forms

• hyalin

Etymology

Latin hyalinus, from Koine Greek ??????? (huálinos), from ????? (húalos, “glass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha??l?n/, /?ha??li?n/

Adjective

hyaline (comparative more hyaline, superlative most hyaline)

1. Glassy, transparent; amorphous.

Derived terms

• hyaline degeneration

Translations

Noun

hyaline (countable and uncountable, plural hyalines)

1. (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Rhapsody of Life's Progress

     Our blood runs amazed 'neath the calm hyaline.

2. (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
3. (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
   • 1880, Arthur Gamgee, A Text-book of the physiological chemistry […]

     where a villus comes next to a gland the short cubical cells of the gland may be traced into the columnar cells of the villus , the hyaline border becoming more marked

Latin

Adjective

hyaline

1. vocative masculine singular of hyalinus