Plexiglas
TRANSPARENT THERMOPLASTIC, COMMONLY CALLED ACRYLIC
Plexiglass; Plexiglas; Perspex; Poly-methyl-methacrylate; Persepex; Lucite; Acrylplast; Acrylite; Perspective Simplex; Polymethylmethacrylate; Plexi-glass; Polymethyl methacrylate; Polymethylmetacrylate; Lucide; Acrylic signs; Pmma; Poly methyl methacrylate; Plexi glass; Methyl methacrylate resin; Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); Crystalite; Impact resistant window; Acrylic glass; Poly (methyl methacrylate); Poly(methyl-methacrylate); Hesalite; Polyacrylate resin; Poly(methyl methacrylat';';'e); Crylux; Perspex screen; Poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate); Perclax
['pl?ks?gl?:s]
¦ noun trademark, chiefly N. Amer. a tough transparent plastic made of an acrylic resin, used as a substitute for glass.
Origin
1930s: from Gk
plexis 'percussion' +
glass.