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Trade name for a clear tough plastic first
produced 1930. It is widely used for watch
glasses, advertising signs, domestic baths,
motorboat windshields and protective shields.
Its chemical name is polymethylmethacrylate
(PMMA). It is manufactured under other names:
Plexiglas (in the USA), Oroglas (in Europe),
and Lucite.