Glass

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Afrikaans: Glas · العربية: زجاج · Aragonés: Bidre · Avañe'ẽ: Itavera · Bahasa Indonesia: Kaca · Bahasa Melayu: Kaca · Беларуская: Шкло · Bosanski: Staklo · Български: Стъкло · Català: Vidre · Česky: Sklo · Cymraeg: Gwydr · Dansk: Glas · Deutsch: Glas · Eesti: Klaas · Ελληνικά: Γυαλί · English: Glass · Español: Vidrio · Esperanto: Vitro · Euskara: Beira · فارسی: شیشه · Français : Verre · Galego: Vidro · 한국어: 유리 · Hrvatski: Staklo · Ido: Vitro · Íslenska : Gler · Italiano: Vetro · עברית: זכוכית · Kiswahili: Kioo · Kurdî / كوردی: Cam · Latina: Vitrum · Latviešu: Stikls · Lietuvių: Stiklas · Lumbaart: Véder · Magyar: Üveg · Македонски: Стакло · Nederlands: Glas · 日本語: ガラス · ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Glass · ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬: Glas · Occitan : Veire · Polski: Szkło · Português: Vidro · Română: Sticlă · Runa Simi: Q'ispillu · Русский: Стекло · Sicilianu: Vitru · Slovenčina: Sklo · Slovenščina: Steklo · Српски / Srpski: Стакло · Srpskohrvatski / Српскохрватски: Staklo · Suomi: Lasi · Svenska: Glas · Tagalog: Salamin · தமிழ்: கண்ணாடி · తెలుగు: గాజు · ไทย: แก้ว · Tiếng Việt: Thủy tinh · Türkçe: Cam · اردو: شیشہ · Vèneto: Véro · ייִדיש: גלאז · Українська: Скло · Žemaitėška: Stėklos · 粵語: 玻璃 · 中文: 玻璃 ·

English: Glass is a uniform amorphous solid material, usually produced by cooling a molten material very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form. Common glasses used as a building, container or decorative material are silica-based. The formal definition of glass is "a non-crystalline solid that presents the glass-transition effect."

[edit] Glass in history

Butzenscheibe	Roman glass beaker from the 4th century AD	Roman glass 3rd/4th century AD	Roman glass 3rd/4th century AD
Glass vessel in a museum

[edit] Different uses

different glasses	drinking glasses		a glass of tea
	light bulb	Magnifying glass	Laboratory glassware (Petri dish)
fiberglass

[edit] Glass in art

Stained glass window, Paris	Detail of a stained glass window in Speyer, Germany	Glass ball in France	A Dale Chihuly glass sculpture
colourful bottle	Inside of a blue cup

[edit] Technic aspects

Glass structure	history of glassmaking	glass production	Safety glass shattered
broken safety glass	shattered laminated safety glass (1)	(2)	partly delaminated glass (1)
(2)	Van carrying glass sheets