SINCE 1828
vita-glass
noun
vi·ta-glass
| \ ˈvī-tə-ˌglas
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variants:
or less commonly vita \ ˈvī-tə
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Definition of vita-glass
: glass that does not obstruct ultraviolet rays
The aluminium blinds shot up, and the sun poured in through the vita-glass, filling the room with beneficent rays.— Evelyn Waugh, Decline And Fall, 1928
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