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  • 21Leptat glass — is glass that has been etched using the Leptat acid process. Etched glass has served a unique purpose for hundreds of years, transmitting natural light as clear glass does, while providing a work of art that screens one area from another. Unlike… …

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  • 22Mg-Zn-Ca metallic glass — is a type of amorphous metal. History First produced by vapour deposition techniques, thin films of metallically bonded amorphous solids were initially characterised by X ray diffraction. Despite the significant ramifications to longstanding… …

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  • 23spangled glass — noun : a late nineteenth century American clear glassware having crystalline fleckings usually of mica suspended in the glass fabric * * * an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass …

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  • 24Multiplying glass — Lens Lens (l[e^]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} ( [e^]z). [L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two… …

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  • 25Milk glass — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …

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  • 26Orientational glass — In solid state physics, an orientational glass is a molecular solid in which crystalline long range order coexists with quenched disorder in some rotational degree of freedom. An orientational glass is either obtained by quenching a plastic… …

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  • 27muscovy glass — Mica Mi ca, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.] (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in… …

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  • 28silica glass — noun Any of various types of glass containing primarily silica in amorphous (non crystalline) form. Syn: fused quartz, fused silica …

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  • 29Cer-Vit — aka CerVit or Cervit or Cer Vit C 101 (from ceramic vitreous ), is a glass ceramic material made up of oxides of silicon, aluminium and lithium, with ultra low coefficient of thermal expansion, used for telesope mirrors and lenses. It was made by …

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  • 30Jewellery — (also spelled jewelry, see spelling differences) is a personal ornament, such as a necklace, ring or bracelet, made from gemstones, precious metals or other materials.The word jewellery is derived from the word jewel , which was anglicised from… …

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