Prince Rupert's Drop

glass object created by dripping molten glass into cold water
Class type of: novelty item, drop Q117812
Prince Rupert's Drop
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7 properties
Has characteristic
residual stress[8]
Has part(s)
end, end[6][7]
Has parts
end, end
Made from material
tempered glass[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Dutch tears en Prince Rupert's Drop en Batavian tears ar قطرة الأمير روبرت da Nederlandske tårer da Prins Ruperts dråbe de Batavische Tropfen de Bologneser Glasträne de Batavischer Tropfen de Bologneser Träne de Bologneser Tränen de Bologneser Glastränen de Batavische Träne de Batavische Tränen el Σταγόνες του Πρίγκιπα Rupert el Ολλανδικά δάκρυα es Gotas del principe Rupert es Gotas del príncipe Rupert fa قطره شاهزاده روپرت fr goutte du Prince Rupert
🔖 Identifiers · 6
BabelNet ID
00801909n
Freebase ID
/m/05cn9y
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
207681016
Quora topic ID
Prince-Ruperts-Drop
Zhihu topic ID
20745774

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