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float glass
float glass n (General Engineering) a type of flat polished transparent glass made by allowing the molten glass to harden as it floats on liquid of higher density float glass
float glass[′flōt ‚glas] (materials) Flat glass with a nearly true optical surface produced by floating a continuous sheet of molten glass on a bed of molten tin until the glass cools and hardens. float glassSheets of glass made by floating molten glass on a surface of molten metal, which produces a polished surface. See also: glassfloat glass1. A glass plate, formed by pouring molten glass continuously from an oven onto a shallow bath of molten tin on which it floats, thus spreading out and producing level parallel surfaces on both sides of the glass. The surfaces of the glass make no contact with rollers or other surfaces until the molten glass has solidified. 2.See plate glass. |