Definition of Sheet glass

1. Noun. Glass formed into large thin sheets.

Exact synonyms: Plate Glass
Specialized synonyms: Cover Glass, Cover Slip, Pane, Pane Of Glass, Window Glass, Microscope Slide, Slide
Generic synonyms: Flat Solid, Sheet
Terms within: Glass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheet Glass

sheers
sheerwater
sheerwaters
sheesh
sheesha
sheet-erosion
sheet-metal
sheet-metal work
sheet-metals
sheet-piling
sheet anchor
sheet bend
sheet cake
sheet erosion
sheet iron
sheet lighting
sheet lightning
sheet metal
sheet metals
sheet music
sheet of paper
sheet pile
sheet piling
sheet pizza
sheet protector
sheet rock
sheet web
sheete

Literary usage of Sheet 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)
"The process of sheet-glass manufacture described above is typical of that in ... For the production of coloured sheet-glass, however, the employment of pot ..."

2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"About the year 1910, sheet glass blown by machinery utilizing compressed air, ... Grades and Qualities of sheet glass. sheet glass is graded as ..."

3. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"Grades and Qualities of sheet glass. sheet glass is graded as DOUBLE-THICK. ... It should be remembered that sheet glass is always wavy, the result of the ..."

4. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"Machine for making Sheet- Glass. to regulate its temperature, and also an adjustable roller to press the glass upon it and straighten any bend. The Messrs. ..."

5. Glass Manufacture by Walter Rosenhain (1919)
"The products now to be dealt with are of an intermediate character, sheet-glass possessing many of the properties of polished plate, but lacking some very ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"The former method of grinding and polishing sheet glass by imbedding the sheets in plaster of Paris proved inadequate to remove the defects in tho glass ..."

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