daylight glass

daylight glass

[′dā‚līt ‚glas]

(materials)

A glass that absorbs red light; used in incandescent lamps to remove excess red emission so that the light spectrum resembles natural daylight.

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daylight glass

A bluish glass, often colored with cobalt, used with incandescent lamps to produce the effect of daylight by absorbing excess radiation in the red part of the light spectrum.

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