glassite

See also: Glassite

English

Etymology

From glass +‎ -ite.

Noun

glassite (uncountable)

1. (science fiction) A fictional material, typically described as being transparent like glass.
   • 1953, Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, page 135:

     One of those cyclopean cylinders could, conceivably, miss the guiding beam and crash half a mile from its expected landing point—through the glassite roof of the immense waiting room perhaps—so that only a thin organic vapor and some powdered phosphates would be left behind to mark the passing of a thousand men.

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “glassite, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.