Perspex™
noun/ˈpɜːspeks/
/ˈpɜːrspeks/
(British English) (North American English Plexiglas™)
[uncountable]- a strong clear plastic material that is often used instead of glassTopics Physics and chemistryc2Word Origin1930s: formed irregularly from Latin perspicere ‘look through’, from per- ‘through’ + specere ‘to look’.
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