Perspex

Definition: Perspex

Perspex

Noun

1. (trademark) a transparent thermoplastic acrylic resin.

Specialty Definitions: Perspex

Domain	Definitions
Chemical Industry	Perspex for model work = trademark used for an acrylic plastic consisting essentially of Polymerised methyl methacrylate. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Perspex

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Perspex, which is sold in the U.S. as Plexiglas, is the name given to the polymer of methyl methacrylate; the material is thermoplastic, and transparent. It also is sold by the names "Acrylite" and "Lucite" and is commonly called Acrylic Glass.

It is often used in place of glass, though its softness leads to its being easily scratched. The material has a good degree of compatibilty with human tissue, and can be used for replacement lenses in the eye when the original lens has been removed in the treatment of cataracts. Hard contact lenses are frequently made of this material; soft contact lenses are often made of a related polymer, in which the acrylate monomers are used that contain one or more hydroxy groups to make them hydrophilic.

Perspex can be joined using cyanoacrylate cement (so-called "Superglue"), or by using liquid Acetone to dissolve the plastic at the join which then fuses and sets, forming an almost invisible weld. Perspex can also be easily polished, by which method cut edges (which turn opaque) can be returned to transparency.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Perspex."

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Synonym: Perspex

Synonym: Lucite (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Perspex

Domain	Title
Music	Perspex Island (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Usage Frequency: Perspex

"Perspex" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 89.66% of the time. "Perspex" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	89.66%	78	37,656
Noun (proper)	8.05%	7	133,076
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.3%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	87	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Perspex

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Perspex": perspex-like.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Perspex

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
perspex	53
perspex sign	7
guitar perspex	4
perspex uk	3
perspex sheet	2
bong perspex	2
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Modern Translations: Perspex

Language		Translations for "Perspex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		stoebt akrylplade (acrylic sheet). (various references)

Dutch		acrylaatplaat (acrylic sheet). (various references)

Finnish		pleksilasi. (various references)

French		plexiglas, feuille acrylique. (various references)

German		Plexiglas (acrylic glass). (various references)

Hebrew		זכוכית מגן (safety glass). (various references)

Hungarian		átlátszó műanyag (lucite). (various references)

Italian		plexiglas, lastra in materiale acrilico (acrylic sheet). (various references)

Pig Latin		erspexpay

Romanian		plexiglas (plexiglass). (various references)

Spanish		plexiglás (Plexiglas, plexiglass). (various references)

Turkish		camdan hafif dayanıklı şeffaf plastik. (various references)

Ukranian		плексиглас (plexiglass). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Perspex

Misspellings
	"Perspex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cexspex, Prespa, Puraspec. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Perspex

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-p-p-r-s-x"
	-1 letter: prexes.
	-2 letters: peeps, peers, perps, perse, prees, preps, prese, repps, rexes, speer, spree.
	-3 letters: exes, peep, peer, pees, peps, perp, pree, prep, prex, rees, repp, reps, seep, seer, sere.
	-4 letters: ere, ers, pee, pep, per, pes, ree, rep, res, rex, see, ser, sex.
	-5 letters: er, es, ex, pe, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-p-p-r-s-x"
	+2 letters: perplexes.
	+4 letters: pepperboxes.
	+5 letters: expropriates, perplexities, postexposure, superexpress.
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