Glassite
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Glasite. alt-of, alternative
- 2 A fictional material, typically described as being transparent like glass. uncountable
"One of those cyclopean cylinders could, conceivably, miss the guiding beam and crash half a mile from its expected landing point—through the glassite roof of the immense waiting room perhaps—so that only a thin organic vapor and some powdered phosphates would be left behind to mark the passing of a thousand men."
Example
More examples"One of those cyclopean cylinders could, conceivably, miss the guiding beam and crash half a mile from its expected landing point—through the glassite roof of the immense waiting room perhaps—so that only a thin organic vapor and some powdered phosphates would be left behind to mark the passing of a thousand men."
Etymology
From glass + -ite.
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