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A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
Noun
- A kind of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, made by mixing a high concentration of boron oxides into the molten glass to reduce its thermal expansion coefficient.
- This steel tube slips into the pyrex glass focus tube, which is jacketed by a vacuum - 1993, George Samuel Schuyler with Robert A. Hill and R. Kent Rasmussen, Black Empire, page 53:
- There is half of a yesteryear's tin of baked beans in a pyrex bowl - 2007, Jane Gardam, The Queen of the Tambourine:
- I tiptoed into the kitchen, turned on the fluorescent light over the stove, and peered into the oven. It was still warm, though the gas had been turned off. My dinner was there, in a pyrex dish with a cover. - 2010,...
Hypernyms: borosilicate glass glass
- Any borosilicate glass.
- Any glass capable of withstanding high temperatures, such as tempered glass suitable for cooking.
Origin
Genericized trademark from Pyrex.