| quartz glass n. A clear vitreous solid, formed by melting pure quartz, that can withstand high temperatures and is extremely transparent to infrared, visible, and ultraviolet radiations. Also called fused quartz, fused silica. |
quartz glass
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Ceramics) a colourless glass composed of almost pure silica, resistant to very high temperatures and transparent to near-ultraviolet radiation Sometimes shortened to quartz
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| Noun | 1. |  quartz glass - colorless glass made of almost pure silicanatural glass - magma of any composition that cooled very rapidly silica, silicon dioxide, silicon oxide - a white or colorless vitreous insoluble solid (SiO2); various forms occur widely in the earth's crust as quartz or cristobalite or tridymite or lechatelierite |
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