gläserige

Gläserige is a German adjective meaning glass-like or glassy. It describes surfaces, materials, or textures that resemble glass in appearance, transparency, or brittleness. The term is commonly used in scientific and descriptive contexts to convey a vitreous or vitreously smooth quality.

In geology and mineralogy, gläserige textures refer to rocks or grains with a vitreous, non-crystalline structure, characteristic of natural glasses such as obsidian or fulgurites. In materials science and ceramics, gläserige describes substances that are amorphous solids formed by rapid cooling, typically lacking a long-range crystal lattice. In design, art, and conservation, gläserige finishes denote highly polished, transparent, or translucent appearances evocative of glass.

Etymology and usage: gläserige is the feminine singular form of the adjective derived from Glas (glass) with the suffix -ig. It is used before feminine nouns, as in die gläserige Oberfläche or eine gläserige Textur. Other gender and number forms exist in German grammar, but gläserige is most common when describing feminine nouns in regular usage.

See also: glassy, vitreous, obsidian, amorphous solids, glass transition.