different between vitreous vs unambiguous

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)

1. Of or resembling glass; glassy.
2. Of or relating to the vitreous humor of the eye.
3. (of ceramics) Having a shiny nonporous surface.
4. (chemistry) Of a semi-crystalline substance where the atoms exhibit short-range order, but without the long-range order of a crystal.
5. (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)

1. (by elision) The vitreous humor.

Anagrams

• oversuit, virtuose, voitures

English

Etymology

un- +? ambiguous

Adjective

unambiguous (comparative more unambiguous, superlative most unambiguous)

1. clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity

   • An LR(k) grammar is clearly unambiguous, since the definition
     implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
     tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
     more that nearly every grammar which is known to be unambiguous is
     either an LR(k) grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
     grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
     ward the middle." Thus, the LR(k) condition may be regarded as the most
     powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.

Synonyms

• explicit, monosemous, unequivocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Antonyms

• ambiguous, equivocal, vague

Related terms

• unambiguity

Translations