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TEMPERED GLASS

Specialty Definition: TEMPERED GLASS

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Chemical Industry

This glass is. . . then blasted with cold air which rapidly cools and shrinks its outer surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Glass in which prestresses have been created in order to improve its mechanical characteristics. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TEMPERED GLASS

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Consumer Goods

  • Calphalon Commercial Stainless 5-Quart Saute with Tempered Glass Lid (reference)

  • Rival SS120 12-Inch Stainless Steel Electric Skillet with Tempered Glass Lid (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TEMPERED GLASS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tempered glass

131

tempered glass shelf

5

tempered glass cutting board

4

tempered glass desk

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TEMPERED GLASS

Language Translations for "TEMPERED GLASS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

haerdet glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered safety glass, toughened glass, toughened safety glass), forspændt glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voorgespannen glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), hardglas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), gehard glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

karkaistu lasi (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

French

  

vitre trempée, verre trempé. (various references)

   

German

  

vorgespanntes Glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), Sekuritglas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), Hartglas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), gehaertetes Glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκληρυμένο γυαλί (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered safety glass, toughened glass, toughened safety glass), γυαλί ασφαλείας (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, tempered safety glass, toughened glass, toughened safety glass), ενισχυμένο παρμπρίζ (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), ενισχυμένο τζάμι (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), τεταμένο γυαλί (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vetro temprato (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), vetro temperato (glazing, hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass), vetro indurito (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

emperedtay assglay

   

Portuguese

  

vidro temperado (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vidrio templado (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

härdat glas (hardened glass, heat-treated glass, pre-stressed glass, toughened glass). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TEMPERED GLASS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-g-l-m-p-r-s-s-t"

-3 letters: stampeders.

-4 letters: deemsters, degreases, delegates, dempsters, departees, desalters, desperate, dreamless, eglateres, gamesters, gapeseeds, gradeless, lamperses, meterages, pederasts, pedestals, permeases, permeated, permeates, plastered, rapeseeds, regelated, regelates, relegated, relegates, repledges, resampled, resamples, resmelted, restamped, semestral, speedster, stampeder, stampedes, steamered, steerages, stepdames, teaselers, telegrams, treadless.

-5 letters: asperges, aspersed, asserted, dateless, deemster, degasser, degrease, delegate, demerges, demersal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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