vitreouslike

comparative more vitreouslike · superlative most vitreouslike

1. Apparently vitreous; having a vitreous aspect.

   However, if the hydroxide was allowed to dry at room temperature, it was reduced to approximately one-third of its original solid volume, forming a very hard, vitreouslike material.

   1954, Franklin John Van Antwerpen, Nuclear Engineering, Part II, page 71

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   A very hard, vitreouslike substance, composed of hexagonal prisms, with a common direction at right angles to the dentoenamel junction or line marking the union of the enamel and dentin.

   1917, Hospital Corps Quarterly, volumes 3-11, page 7