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quartz glass

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quartz glass British  

noun

  1. Sometimes shortened to: quartz.  Also called: silica glass.   nitreous silica.  a colourless glass composed of almost pure silica, resistant to very high temperatures and transparent to near-ultraviolet radiation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of quartz glass

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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An archaeological survey conducted in the 1970s found the Bibra lake north site contained more than 2,000 artefacts, including some made of clay, quartz, glass and a fossil-containing type of sedimentary rock called chert.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2015

Most importantly, he’d conducted the experiments with sterilized quartz glass tubes and water vapor.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2013

The electronics giant partnered with Kyoto University's Kiyotaka Miura to develop “semiperpetual” slivers of quartz glass that Hitachi says can preserve information for hundreds of millions of years with virtually no degradation.

From Scientific American • Jan. 6, 2013

The perfect transmitter for ultraviolet rays was found by science in fused quartz glass.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were quartz glass ports in the sidewall.

From Space Tug by Leinster, Murray

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