Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A trademark for a light, transparent, weather-resistant thermoplastic. This trademark sometimes occurs in print lowercased and spelled plexiglass:
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun trademark A brand of tough,
transparent plastic (polymethyl methacrylate ) which can be used as a replacement forglass inwindows ,aircraft cockpit domes andwindshields , and the like.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic
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Examples
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His vague landscapes are constructed from images, either found or taken by the artist, that are transferred to the back of Plexiglas via an acrylic transfer process - the front of the Plexiglas is then hand-sanded by the artist to produce the desired hazy effect.
Boing Boing 2007
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All of the three-dimensional artifacts were in Plexiglas cases on graphite metal stands, very sturdy and no way they could be knocked over.
Vermeer and Rembrandt at the Vancouver Art Gallery « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Venture beyond that, and there are paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, Seurat; architectural visions from the orderly Frank Lloyd Wright to the asymmetric Frank Gehry; and a pair of industrial-strength wet-dry vacuum cleaners stacked in Plexiglas cases ‚?? the work of Jeff Koons.
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In the middle of the Plexiglas was a tiny hole, and no sign of the beetle.
Beetle Mania 2010
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In the middle of the Plexiglas was a tiny hole, and no sign of the beetle.
Beetle Mania 2010
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Better known as Plexiglas, Lucite and Acrylite, Small turned out innovative furniture, lighting and ...
Cool Hunting 2009
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Better known as Plexiglas, Lucite and Acrylite, Small turned out innovative furniture, lighting and ...
Cool Hunting 2009
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Better known as Plexiglas, Lucite and Acrylite, Small turned out innovative furniture, lighting and ...
Cool Hunting 2009
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Better known as Plexiglas, Lucite and Acrylite, Small turned out innovative furniture, lighting and ...
Cool Hunting 2009
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Better known as Plexiglas, Lucite and Acrylite, Small turned out innovative furniture, lighting and ...
Cool Hunting 2009
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