quartz glass

noun

1. lechatelierite.

quartz glass

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of quartz glass¹

First recorded in 1900–05

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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