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  • 1glass — O.E. glæs glass, a glass vessel, from W.Gmc. *glasam (Cf. O.S. glas, M.Du., Du. glas, Ger. Glas, O.N. gler glass, looking glass, Dan. glar), from PIE *ghel to shine, glitter (Cf. L. glaber smooth, bald, O.C.S. gladuku …

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  • 2glass — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a hard, brittle, usu. transparent, translucent, or shiny substance, made by fusing sand with soda and lime and sometimes other ingredients (a glass jug) (cf. crown glass, flint glass, plate glass). b a… …

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  • 3glass — glassless, adj. glasslike, adj. /glas, glahs/, n. 1. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the… …

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  • 4glass — [[t]glæs, glɑs[/t]] n. 1) chem. a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance, atomically a supercooled liquid, usu. produced by fusing silicates containing soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and… …

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  • 5glass — /glas / (say glahs) noun 1. a hard, brittle, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates (the ordinary variety used for windows, bottles, and the like, containing silica,… …

  • 6glass — glæs /glɑːs n. transparent and brittle material produced by fusing sand and other materials (used for windows, bottles, etc.); cup, drinking container; window pane; lens; anything made from glass v. fit or cover with panes of glass; frame (a… …

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  • 7GLASS —    Glass results from the heating of a mixture of sand, lime, and sodium carbonate to a very high temperature. When different materials are added to the sand, glass can become transparent, translucent, or colored. While the origins of glass are… …

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  • 8Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …

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  • 9Glass Wings — Infobox animanga/Header name = Glass Wings caption = ja name = 羽根玻璃ノ君。 ja name trans = Hane Garasu no Kimi genre = RomanceInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Misuzu Asaoka publisher = flagicon|Japan Kadokawa Shoten flagicon|USA… …

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  • 10Glass ceiling — global|date=January 2008The term glass ceiling refers to situations where the advancement of a qualified person within the hierarchy of an organization is stopped at a lower level because of some form of discrimination, most commonly sexism or… …

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