vitreouslike
English
Etymology
vitreous + -like
Adjective
vitreouslike (comparative more vitreouslike, superlative most vitreouslike)
- Apparently vitreous; having a vitreous aspect.
- 1917, Hospital Corps Quarterly (volumes 3-11, page 7)
- 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.
- 1954, Franklin John Van Antwerpen, Nuclear Engineering, Part II (page 71)
- 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.
- 1917, Hospital Corps Quarterly (volumes 3-11, page 7)