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quartz glass
quartz glass
noun
- a colourless glass composed of almost pure silica, resistant to very high temperatures and transparent to near-ultraviolet radiation Also calledsilica glassnitreous silica Sometimes shortened toquartz
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quartz glass1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
For similar reasons the manipulation of quartz glass has been omitted.
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Out the quartz-glass ports he could see ahead, out the end of the cage through the monstrous doorway to the desert beyond.
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Out the quartz-glass windows, the great door seemed to descend.
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