| 单词 | uranium glass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasuranium glass uranium glass n. now chiefly historical a kind of yellow-green glass produced by adding uranium oxides to the mix, formerly used to make household glassware.Uranium glass fluoresces bright green when irradiated with ultraviolet light. ΚΠ 1853 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 30 Sept. 6/4 A screen of sulphate of quinine, which possesses, like the uranium glass, the property of rendering those highly refrangible rays visible. 1915 R. A. Houstoun Treat. Light xv. 256 Uranium glass is coloured with oxide of uranium, and flower vases can be bought made of it. 2001 O. Sacks Uncle Tungsten xvii. 229 Uranium glass or ‘canary glass’ had been very popular in Victorian and Edwardian houses. < as lemmas |
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