Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Hyaline


Hyaline ("Winter with the Gulf Stream" p.15)
Pronunciation:  /ˈhaɪəlɪn/-aɪn/
Etymology:  < Latin hyalin-us, < Greek ὑάλινος of glass or crystal, < ὕαλοςὕελος...

(adj.) Resembling glass, transparent as glass, glassy, crystalline, vitreous. (Chiefly technical.)

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