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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