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Holophane

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[hol-uh-feyn, hoh-luh-] / ˈhɒl əˌfeɪn, ˈhoʊ lə- /
Trademark.
  1. a brand of glass having a surface pattern of small, lenslike areas for even diffusion of light.


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It ordered Holophane to use "reasonable" efforts to sell its products abroad.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Antitrust Department started the case by hauling Holophane into an Ohio District Court.

From Time Magazine Archive

It charged that contracts between Holophane and a British and French firm, granting each other exclusive markets for their products, were "designed to eliminate competition."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was not long before the Ouvroir Holophane outgrew its original proportions, and instead of the women coming there daily to sew, they called only for materials to make up at home.

From The Living Present by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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