spincasting

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spincasting [′spin‚kast·iŋ]

(engineering)

A technique for manufacturing telescope mirrors in which molten glass is poured into a rotating mold and, as the glass cools and solidifies, the surface of the relatively thin mirror takes on a shape that is relatively close to the desired one, reducing substantially the need for grinding away excess glass.

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