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1Glass production — Glass is common in everyday life, from glass windows to glass containers. The manufacture of glass for everyday purposes may involve complexity and automation. This article deals with the mass production of glass. Glass container productionGlass… …
2Glass tiles — are pieces of glass formed into consistent shapes. Glass was used in mosaics as early as 2500 BC, but it took until the 3rd Century BC before innovative artisans in Greece, Persia and India created glass tiles.Whereas clay tiles are dated as… …
3Glass-ceramic-to-metal seals — Glass to metal seals have been around for many years, with one of the most common uses being lamp bulb seals. A more recent invention is glass ceramic to metal seals.Properties Glass ceramics are polycrystalline ceramic materials prepared by the… …
4glass — ► NOUN 1) a hard, brittle, usually transparent or translucent substance made by fusing sand with soda and lime. 2) a drinking container made of glass. 3) chiefly Brit. a mirror. 4) a lens or optical instrument, in particular a monocle or a… …
5glass ceiling — n [singular] the attitudes and practices that prevent women or particular groups from getting high level jobs, even though there are no actual laws or rules to stop them ▪ Goodhue shattered the glass ceiling as the first female publisher at Time… …
6Glass with embedded metal and sulfides — (GEMS) are tiny spheroids in cosmic dust particles with bulk compositions that are approximately chondritic. They form the building blocks of anhydrous interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) in general, and cometary IDPs, in particular. Their… …
7Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …
8Glass ionomer cement — A Glass Ionomer Cement (GIC) is one of a class of materials commonly used in dentistry as filling materials and luting cements. These materials are based on the reaction of silicate glass powder and polyalkeonic acid. These tooth coloured… …
9glass — 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… …
10Glass — /glas, glahs/, n. 1. Carter, 1858 1946, U.S. statesman. 2. Philip, born 1937, U.S. composer. * * * I Solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds, usually transparent or translucent, hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements …
