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• fi|ber|glass — «FY buhr GLAS, GLAHS», noun. very fine, flexible filaments of glass; spun glass. Fiberglass can be used, especially when combined with plastic, to make a wide variety of products, such as textiles, automobile bodies, swimming pools, insulating… …   Useful english dictionary

• ber|lin — «buhr LIHN, BUR lihn», noun. 1. a) a four wheeled, covered carriage with two inside seats and a platform in the rear for footmen. b) a closed automobile with a glass partition separating the driver s seat from the rear seat. 2. Also, Berlin. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• fi´ber|less — fi|ber «FY buhr», noun. 1. a) a thread; threadlike part; any one of the very fine, long, threadlike pieces of which many organic and some inorganic materials consist; filament: »A muscle is made up of many fibers. b) a similar structure of… …   Useful english dictionary

• fi|ber — «FY buhr», noun. 1. a) a thread; threadlike part; any one of the very fine, long, threadlike pieces of which many organic and some inorganic materials consist; filament: »A muscle is made up of many fibers. b) a similar structure of artificial… …   Useful english dictionary

• Jab|ber|wock|y — or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective. –n. meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber. –adj. without meaning; having no sense: »the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion. ╂[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal… …   Useful english dictionary

• jab|ber|wock|y — or Jab|ber|wock|y «JAB UHR|WOK ee», noun, adjective. –n. meaningless writing; nonsensical talk; jabber. –adj. without meaning; having no sense: »the jabberwocky school of modern verse, jabberwocky distortion. ╂[< Jabberwock, a fabulous animal… …   Useful english dictionary

• fi|ber|scope — «FY buhr skohp», noun. an instrument for photographing, in color, small interiors, as of the stomach, consisting of a flexible tube containing a bundle of very thin glass fibers, which conduct the light, a mirror, and a lighting device at the end …   Useful english dictionary

• kla|ber|jass — «KLAH buhr yahs», noun. a card game that is a type of piquet: »An old man joins his friends for a glass of wine and a game of klaberjass behind an ice cream parlor on Augusta Street (Maclean s). ╂[< German Klaberjass < Dutch klaverjas] …   Useful english dictionary

• fiberglass — fi′ber•glass or fi′ber glass n. bui a material consisting of extremely fine filaments of glass that are combined in yarn and woven into fabrics, used in masses as an insulator, or embedded in resins to make boat hulls, fishing rods, and the like… …   From formal English to slang

• Christiansen effect — The Christiansen effect is named after the Danish physicist Christian Christiansen the effect of this filter is based on the various dispersions of two different media. A Christiansen filter is a narrow bandpass or monochromatic optical filter… …   Wikipedia