hyaline

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hyaline (HEYE-uh-leen, HEYE-uh-leyen) - adj., transparent or translucent, glassy; of or pertaining to glass; amorphous, not crystalline.


Also a noun for such a substance, but that's more commonly spelled and pronounced hyalin. Can be applied to the sky as well as substances. Adopted around 1660 from Latin hyalinus, from Greek hyálinos, of glass, from hyalos, glass.

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