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vitreous
English
Etymology
From Middle French vitreux, from Latin vitreus (“glassy, transparent”), from vitrum (“glass”).
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?.t?i.?s/
Adjective
vitreous (comparative more vitreous, superlative most vitreous)
- Of or resembling glass; glassy.
- Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
- (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
- (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
- (physics, dated) Positive (of electric charge).
Antonyms
- (electric charge): resinous
Derived terms
- vitreous humour / vitreous humor
Related terms
- vitrify, vitrification, vitrifaction, vitrifacture
Translations
Noun
vitreous (usually uncountable, plural vitreouses)
- (by elision) The vitreous humor.
Anagrams
- oversuit, virtuose, voitures
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azurite
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ?.???a?t/, /?æ?.(j)????a?t/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æ?(j)???a?t/
Etymology
From Persian ??????? (lâžward, “blue color”).
Noun
azurite (plural azurites)
- (mineralogy) A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2.
Related terms
- azure
- azurite-malachite
Translations
Further reading
- azurite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
French
Noun
azurite f (plural azurites)
- azurite
Further reading
- “azurite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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