English Explanatory Dictionary

Wood's glass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical filter glass that allows ultraviolet and infrared light to pass through while blocking most visible light.

Word forms

Wood's glass

Etymology

Invented in 1903 by American physicist Robert Williams Wood (1868–1955).

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