hyalo-
(haɪələʊ)
combining form of Gr. ὕαλ-ος glass, used in various modern terms, chiefly scientific and technical: as ˈhyaloclast (-klɑːst, -æ-) nonce-wd. [after iconoclast], a glass-breaker; ˈhyalograph (-grɑːf, -æ-) [Gr. -γραϕος that writes], ‘an instrument for etching on a transparent surface’; so hyalography (-ˈɒgrəfɪ) [Gr. -γραϕια writing], ‘the art of writing or engraving on glass’ (Webster 1864); † hyaˈlomelan(e, Min. [Gr. µελαν- black], a name formerly given to glassy varieties of basalt; ˈhyalomere Cytol. [-mere], the lightly staining ground-substance of a blood platelet; ˈhyalomicte (-mɪkt), Min. [Fr. hyalomicte, f. Gr. µικτός mixed], a mixture of quartz and mica, of granulated texture; ˌhyalo-oˈphitic a. Petrol. [ad. G. hyaloophitisch (B. Polenov 1899, in Trav. de la Soc. Impér. des Naturalistes, St. Pétersbourg XXVII. 473)] (see quot. 1920); ˈhyalophane (-feɪn), Min. [Gr. -ϕανης appearing], a barium feldspar, found in transparent crystals; ˌhyalopiˈlitic (-paɪˈlɪtɪk) a. Petrol. [ad. G. hyalopilitisch (H. Rosenbusch Mikrosk. Physiogr. d. Min. u. Gesteine (ed. 2, 1887) II. 466), f. Gr. πῖλ-ος felt + -itic (see -ite1)], characterized by or having needle-like microlites embedded in a glassy ground-mass; ˈhyaloplasm (-plæz(ə)m), Biol. [Gr. πλάσµα moulding, formation], transparent homogeneous protoplasm; hence hyaloˈplasmic a., pertaining to or of the nature of hyaloplasm; hyalopterous (-ˈɒptərəs), a. Entom. [Gr. πτέρον wing], having transparent wings (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854); hyalosiderite (-ˈsɪdəraɪt), Min. [Gr. σιδηρίτης of iron: see siderite], a very ferruginous variety of chrysolite, occurring in large glassy crystals; ˈhyalosome Cytol. [ad. G. hyalosom (S. M. Lukjanow 1887, in Arch. f. mikrosk. Anat. XXX. 551): see -some4], a lightly staining cell structure resembling the nucleolus; hyalospermous (-ˈspɜːməs), a. Bot. [Gr. σπέρµα seed], having transparent seeds (Mayne 1854); hyalotekite (-ˈtiːkaɪt), Min. [Gr. τήκειν to melt: see -ite], a silicate of lead with barium and calcium, which fuses to a clear glass; † hyalotype (see quot.).
| 18.. Moore Devil among Schol. 106 That redoubted *Hyaloclast, Who still contrived, by dint of throttle, Where'er he went to crack a bottle! |
| 1879 Rutley Study Rocks xi. 199 He subdivides them into tachylites, or those which are soluble in acids, and *hyalomelanes or those which are insoluble in acids. |
| 1936 P. E. Smith et al. Bailey's Text-bk. Histol. (ed. 9) vi. 150 Structurally they [sc. blood platelets] consist of a central granular mass (chromomere)..and a peripheral hyaline zone *(hyalomere). 1969 A. W. Ham Histol. (ed. 6) xiv. 303/1 Most of a platelet appears to consist of a fairly clear ground substance which is colored only a very pale blue with a blood stain and is called its hyalomere. |
| 1853 Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxv. 65 Analogous to the stanniferous granites, the *hyalomictes, and the pegmatites. |
| 1855 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. ii. XIX. 362 *Hyalophan..occurs..in the dolomite of the Binnen valley. 1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 346 Hyalophane..fuses with difficulty to a blebby glass. |
| 1920 A. Holmes Nomencl. Petrol. 120 *Hyalo-ophitic texture, Polenov, 1899, a texture resembling ophitic texture, in which the spaces of an open network of felspar laths are occupied by glass; a limiting case of intersertal texture. 1954 H. Williams et al. Petrogr. ii. 20 Where glass takes the place of pyroxene, the texture is called hyaloophitic. |
| 1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 443 The normal structure of the andesites is the *hyalopilitic. 1959 W. W. Moorhouse Study of Rocks in Thin Section v. 159 Hyalopilitic lavas are glassy with felted microlites. |
| 1886 Dallinger in Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. Apr. 199 A distinct granular condition becomes apparent in what was the homogeneous *hyaloplasm. |
| 1824 Phil. Mag. LXIII. 182 *Hyalosiderite occurs for the most part in crystals. |
| 1889 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXX. 168 They are therefore distinguished..as (a) ‘karyosomes’..; (b) ‘plasmasomes’..; (c) *‘hyalosomes’, which are not stained (vide Lukjanow). |
| 1851 R. Hunt Photogr. ix. 102 Specimens, which they term *Hyalotypes. These are positive pictures, copied on glass from negatives obtained upon the same material. Their peculiarity is the adaptation of them for magic-lantern slides. |