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Vitreous vs Childrenite - What's the difference?

vitreous | childrenite |

As nouns the difference between vitreous and childrenite

is that vitreous is (by elision) the vitreous humor while childrenite is (mineral) a rare hydrated phosphate mineral with the chemical formula (fe,mn)alpo4(oh)2•h2o, brown or yellow in colour with a vitreous lustre.

As an adjective vitreous

is of or resembling glass; glassy.

vitreous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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

    Noun

    (-)
  • (by elision) The vitreous humor.

    • childrenite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineral) A rare hydrated phosphate mineral with the chemical formula (Fe,Mn)AlPO4(OH)2•H2O, brown or yellow in colour with a vitreous lustre.
    • English eponyms