Definition of borosilicate
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: a silicate containing boron in the anion and occurring naturally
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Open it up, and two shiny wings—reflectors—concentrate sunlight onto a central vacuum tube made of borosilicate glass.
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Origin and Etymology of borosilicate
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First Known Use: 1817
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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