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  • 21Vitrine — Schaukasten; Glasschrank; Auslage * * * Vi|tri|ne [vi tri:nə], die; , n: a) an einer Wand aufgehängter oder als Tisch aufgestellter, an der Vorderseite bzw. Oberseite mit einer Glasscheibe versehener Kasten, in dem etwas ausgestellt wird: die… …

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  • 22Vitrit — ◆ Vi|trit 〈[ vi ] m. 1〉 = Glanzkohle [vielleicht <lat. vitreus „gläsern, kristallhell, klar, gleißend“; zu vitrum „Glas“] ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge vi|tr... kann in Fremdwörtern auch vit|r... getrennt werden. * * * Vitrịt   [v ; zu lateinisch… …

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  • 23verre — (vê r ; au XVIe siècle, Bèze dit qu il faut prononcer voirre, c est à dire vouere, et que les Parisiens prononcent à tort voarre) s. m. 1°   Corps solide, amorphe, transparent, dur et fragile, qu on obtient en fondant du sable siliceux avec de la …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24vitreous — [17] Latin vitrum meant ‘glass’ (it may be the same word as vitrum ‘woad, plant producing blue dye’, the link being the bluishgreen colour of glass, and it might even be distantly related to English woad itself). From it was derived vitreus… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 25vitreous — [17] Latin vitrum meant ‘glass’ (it may be the same word as vitrum ‘woad, plant producing blue dye’, the link being the bluishgreen colour of glass, and it might even be distantly related to English woad itself). From it was derived vitreus… …

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  • 26List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …

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  • 27Lustre (mineralogy) — Lustre (or luster) is a description of the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral. The word lustre traces its origins back to the Latin word lux, meaning light , and generally implies radiance, gloss, or brilliance. A …

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  • 28Isatis tinctoria — Woad redirects here. For the American radio station, see WOAD (AM). For Woads as a fictional name for a tribe[1], see Picts. Isatis tinctoria Woad Woad flowers …

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  • 29Hrastnik — Municipality of Slovenia|nativename=Hrastnik coat= location= area=58.6 km² population=10,121 males=4,804 females=5,317 mayor=Miran Jerič avg age=39.04 years residental density=25.44 m²/person households=3,917 families=3,007 workers=4,679… …

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  • 30Vitralism — {| align=right|As a source for this painting method, we have a [http://www.flickr.com/groups/vitralism/pool/ Flickr group] which shows paintings created by various artists who have used Vitralism.Vitralism is a painting style that uses broken… …

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