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PRONUNCIATION OF BURNING GLASS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BURNING GLASS

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Burning glass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BURNING GLASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Burning glass

A burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. Burning mirrors achieve a similar effect by using reflecting surfaces to focus the light. They were used in 18th-century chemical studies for burning materials in closed glass vessels where the products of combustion could be trapped for analysis. The burning glass was a useful contrivance in the days before electrical ignition was easily achieved.

Definition of burning glass in the English dictionary

The definition of burning glass in the dictionary is a convex lens for concentrating the sun's rays into a small area to produce heat or fire.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BURNING GLASS

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burnettize
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Burnham scale
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burning
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Burnley
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BURNING GLASS

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eyeglass
fiberglass
fibreglass
frosted glass
glass
green glass
ground glass
hourglass
looking glass
looking-glass
magnifying glass
milk glass
plexiglass
shot glass
spyglass
stained glass
sunglass
Tiffany glass
window glass
wine glass

Synonyms and antonyms of burning glass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «burning glass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BURNING GLASS

Find out the translation of burning glass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of burning glass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «burning glass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烧玻璃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vidrio ardiendo
570 millions of speakers

English

burning glass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जल कांच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرق الزجاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сжигание стекло
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vidro em chamas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্বলছে গ্লাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

verre brûlant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kaca terbakar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brennglas
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

燃えるガラス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

굽기 유리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaca sing kobong
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kính đốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எரியும் கண்ணாடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बर्न काच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yanan cam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

specchio ustorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

palenie szkła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спалювання скло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sticlă de ardere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καύση γυαλί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

brand glas
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

brännglas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brennglass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of burning glass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BURNING GLASS»

The term «burning glass» is normally little used and occupies the 144.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BURNING GLASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about burning glass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURNING GLASS»

Discover the use of burning glass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to burning glass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Light in a Burning-glass: A Systematic Presentation of ...
A demystification of the complex interplay of the prolific Anglican theologians writings
Robert Boak Slocum, 2007
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The Burning Glass...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Marjorie Bowen, 2012
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The Burning Glass (Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron Series, ...
Alasdair and Jean are making a deliberate effort to put together a relationship.
Lillian Stewart Carl, 2009
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The British cyclopaedia of the arts and sciences: including ...
Burning-Glass; a lens which unites the rays of light that fall upon it in so narrow a space as to cause them to kindle any combustible matter corning in their way like fire. The same name has been sometimes given, though improperly, to the ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1835
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The World in a Crucible: Laboratory Practice and Geological ...
An example of a large burning glass as illustrated in Lavoisier's 1864 collected works, Oeuvres de Lavoisier, v. 3: Paris, Imprimerie imperiale, Plate IX. Courtesy of Othmer Library. CHAPTER 4 Evaluation: Degrees of heat. Both of these mild ...
Sally Newcomb, 2009
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The Burning Glass: Stories
Anyone familiar with the work of Helen Norris will hardly be surprised by the richly varied textures of these stories and by Norris' astonishing ability to capture with absolute accuracy every hue along the emotional spectrum.
Helen Norris, 1992
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The British cyclopaedia of the arts, sciences, history, ...
Burning-Glass ; a lens which unites the rays of light that fall upon it in so narrow a space as to cause them to kindle any combustible matter coming in their way like fire. The same name has been sometimes given, though improperly, to the ...
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Elements of Physics
ter, or a vase holding gold fishes, has acted as a burning glass in some cases, where, in consequence of its being left in a sunny window near the curtains, a house has been burned. And the nearer that an object is brought to a lens, the more ...
Neil Arnott, 1831
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The British cyclopædia of the arts and sciences
The effects of a burning-glass are more powerful in proportion as it3 surface is greater, and its focus smaller. That such a glass may produce its greatest effect, it is necessary that the rays of the sun should fall upon it in a perpendicular direction ...
Charles Frederick Partington, 1835
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Lenses: Lens, Fresnel Lens, Burning Glass, Superlens, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURNING GLASS»

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What Employers Are Looking For When Hiring Recent College Grads
Burning Glass Technologies, a Boston-based leading labor market analytics firm, found that liberal arts and non-professional degree graduates ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Santa Rosa schools moving full STEAM ahead
... and a February 2014 report by Burning Glass Technologies indicated the STEM job market is actually far larger than that, the U.S. News and ... «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»
3
Kinder, Gentler Approach to Immigration , But Not Cuba
... general-election voters in 10 key battleground states, including Florida, according to the poll conducted by Burning Glass Consulting and The ... «WTXL ABC 27, Jul 15»
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​Local companies struggle to find digital talent for 'mid-skill' jobs
Dan Restuccia, chief analytics officer from Boston-based Burning Glass Technologies, said the labor struggles are especially troubling in key ... «Washington Business Journal, Jul 15»
5
Miami-Dade GOP legislators make a push for presidential …
The poll was done by Burning Glass Consulting and The Partnership for a New American Economy, a group that brings together mayors and ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
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A Matter of Degrees: IT's Fascination With College Grads Needs to …
Burning Glass Technologies, a Boston-based big data company, recently analyzed 2.1 million open information technology job postings ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Iowa Republicans call on candidates to embrace immigration reform
... a national bipartisan advocacy group for immigration reform, in conjunction with the conservative consulting firm Burning Glass Consulting. «Quad City Times, Jun 15»
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How the digital era is contributing to income disparity in DC and …
Left to right: Burning Glass Technologies' Stephen Lynch, Year Up's Rhonda Harris Thompson, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Capital One's ... «Technical.ly DC, Jun 15»
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How a Pilot Program Can Solve Two Technology Problems
More disheartening, women comprised less than 11 percent of the cybersecurity workforce, according to a March 2014 report by Burning Glass. «The Nonprofit Quarterly, Jun 15»
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Column: Most GOP voters support allowing undocumented …
The Partnership for a New American Economy/Burning Glass Poll of 400 likely GOP caucus or primary voters in each of the three early states, ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»

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