Perspex
/ˈpəːspɛks
/noun [mass noun] trademark
Solid transparent plastic made of polymethyl methacrylate (the same material as Plexiglas or Lucite): the scratched Perspex in the windows [as modifier]: a clear Perspex plate...
- It's quite weird because they're squashed between bits of transparent perspex, so you can see them in their flattened state.
- In 1966 he abandoned painting for sculpture in perspex and neon, then turned to photography, film, and Conceptual art.
- The clear perspex side panels and bigger wind deflectors are optional.
Origin
1930s: formed irregularly from Latin perspicere 'look through', from per- 'through' + specere 'to look'.
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