Verglasbarkeit
English translation: fabrication in glass
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|  Selected response from: jccantrell United States Local time: 17:18 | ||||||
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| 3 +1 | vitrescence |
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| 2 | fabrication in glass |
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| 2 | ability to undergo vitrification |
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fabrication in glass Explanation: Assuming this means what you think it means, transferring the specification (CAD data or whatever) into an actual physical prism, then maybe this term will fit. Reference: http://www.prismresearchglass.com/custom-lab-glass.aspx |
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ability to undergo vitrification Explanation: This is a guess, in the absence of more details of the process concerned. If the lens were made from a liquid or by heating a solid in powder form, the process would involve vitrification (see the Wikipedia article on vitrification). |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1vitrescence Explanation: I don't understand why the asker has entered "Verglasbarkeit" in the write in fied for the asked German term or phrase, when the source text cited contains the term "Verglasbarkeitsgrenze". Vitrescence: The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent; capability of conversion into glass; susceptibility of being formed into glass. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Vitrescence Vitrescence: Verglasbarkeit http://tinyurl.com/4qgh3u -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs (2008-04-08 04:15:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Correction: In line 1 of the explanation above, please read "...into the write in field..." in place of "...in the write in fied..." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 hrs (2008-04-08 15:35:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @Anja Kaishian: Thank you for your note. Please let us know just in case the word "Verglasbarkeit" appears independently anywhere in the source text. It would definitely add to the context and in turn help us understand the term better. |
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