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Definition of Optical glass
1. Noun. Clear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses.
Generic synonyms: Glass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Optical Glass
Literary usage of Optical glass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Very perfectly annealed optical glass is now, however, readily obtainable. ...
The crucibles or pots used for the production of optical glass very closely ..."
2. Mirrors, Prisms and Lenses: A Text-book of Geometrical Optics by James Powell Cocke Southall (1918)
"The values of the dispersive powers of the various kinds of optical glass that
are of chief practical importance in the construction of optical instruments ..."
3. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1921)
"The system of optical-glass nomenclature proposed is based on the crown- flint
... The independent development of the optical-glass industry in different ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"Four years ago this country imported annually about half a million dollars worth
of optical glass, chiefly from Schott in ..."
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