perspex


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
perspex/ˈpəːspɛks/
noun trademark a tough transparent plastic made of an acrylic resin, used as a substitute for glass.
– origin 1930s: formed irregularly from L. perspicere ‘look through’.
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