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chalcogenide glass

chalcogenide glass noun: any of several inorganic polymers of sulphur, selenium and tellurium, that are transparent to infrared radiation and are used in optics.

Noun

chalcogenide glass (countable and uncountable, plural chalcogenide glasses)

  1. Any of several inorganic polymers of sulphur, selenium and tellurium, that are transparent to infrared radiation and are used in optics.

Forms of chalcogenide glass

pluralchalcogenide glasses

Questions about chalcogenide glass

What does chalcogenide glass mean?
Chalcogenide glass means any of several inorganic polymers of sulphur, selenium and tellurium, that are transparent to infrared radiation and are used in optics.
What part of speech is chalcogenide glass?
Chalcogenide glass is a noun.
What is the plural of chalcogenide glass?
The plural of chalcogenide glass is chalcogenide glasses.

Words near chalcogenide glass in the dictionary

  1. chalcogel
  2. chalcogels
  3. chalcogen
  4. chalcogenate
  5. chalcogenide
  6. chalcogenide glass
  7. chalcogenide glasses
  8. chalcogenides
  9. chalcogenol
  10. chalcogenols
  11. chalcogenophosphate

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