Perspex™

noun
🔊/ˈpɜːspeks/
🔊/ˈpɜːrspeks/
(British English)
(North American English Plexiglas™)
[uncountable]
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  1. a strong clear plastic material that is often used instead of glass珀斯佩有机玻璃Topics Physics and chemistryc2
    Word Origin1930s: formed irregularly from Latin perspicere ‘look through’, from per- ‘through’ + specere ‘to look’.