Plexiglas

== Translingual == === Etymology === From German Plexiglas. === Proper noun === Plexiglas A brand of tough, transparent plastic (polymethyl methacrylate) which can be used as a replacement for glass in windows, aircraft cockpit domes and windshields, and the like. ==== Derived terms ==== plexiglass ==== Translations ==== === See also === Lucite Perspex == German == === Etymology === Coined by Otto Röhm in 1933, from Latin plexus (“interwoven”) +‎ Glas (“glass”), equivalent to plexi- +‎ Glas, alluding to polymerization. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Plexiglas n (strong, genitive Plexiglases or Plexiglass, plural Plexigläser) plexiglass Synonym: Acrylglas ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Plexiglasscheibe === Further reading === “Plexiglas”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Plexiglas” in Duden online “Plexiglas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon