quartz glass

noun

: vitreous silica prepared from pure quartz and noted for its transparency to ultraviolet radiation

Examples of quartz glass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Long-term storage mediums like quartz glass may have applications for public safety as well. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019

Project Silica is focusing on quartz glass, made from the crystalline form of one of the most plentiful minerals in the Earth’s crust. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019

Aldrin placed an array -- an arrangement of 100 quartz glass prisms in rows -- on the surface. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 July 2019

But unlike an optical disc, which is made of plastic, the experimental media is quartz glass. — IEEE Spectrum, 15 July 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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Medical Definition

quartz glass

noun

: vitreous silica prepared from pure quartz and noted for its transparency to ultraviolet radiation