OPTICAL GLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optical glass mean? 

• OPTICAL GLASS (noun)
  The noun OPTICAL GLASS has 1 sense:

1. clear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses

  Familiarity information: OPTICAL GLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTICAL GLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clear homogeneous glass of known refractive index; used to make lenses

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("optical glass" is a kind of...):

glass (a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optical glass"):

crown glass; optical crown; optical crown glass (optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index)

flint glass; optical flint (optical glass of high dispersion and high refractive index)