Glass
An inorganic product of fusion cooled to a rigid condition without crystallising, spanning compositions and manufactured forms.
How it connects
Glass is a kind of Mineral.
Glass includes Crystal and Glass fibre.
Glass is filed under Glass (material family).
Other kinds of Mineral: Aluminium hydroxide, Barium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, Carbon black, Cementitious, Ceramic, Clay, Feldspar, Filler, Flame retardant additive, Gypsum, Jade, Mica, Mineral oxide, Mineral wool, Obsidian, Pigment, Plaster, Plasterboard, Sand, Silica, Silicon, Stone, Talc and Zinc sulfide.
In other taxonomies
- GlassUniclass, Ma_40_35nearly the same
- glass (material)Getty AAT, 300010797nearly the same
- glassWikidata, Q11469nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
The word “glass”
2 meanings
- GlassMaterial familyNo default
- GlassMaterial, this termNo default
Record
- Seen in the wild
- vetro
- Broader
- Mineral
- Narrower
- Crystal · Glass fibre
- Relations
- Filed under Glass
- Provenance
- referencedcomposition dictionary in a materials-retrieval system (src-05); ASTM C162-05(2015), read 22 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/glassKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- filesGlassincoming
- broaderCrystalincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMineraloutgoing
- filed-underGlassoutgoing
- narrowerCrystaloutgoing
- narrowerGlass fibreoutgoing
- broaderGlass fibreincoming
- narrowerMineralincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Crystaloutgoing
- descendant (derived)Glass fibreoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Aluminium hydroxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Barium sulfateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Calcium carbonateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Carbon blackoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cementitiousoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ceramicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Clayoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Feldsparoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Filleroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Flame retardant additiveoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gypsumoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Jadeoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Micaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral oxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral wooloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Obsidianoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pigmentoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasterboardoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Silicaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Talcoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Zinc sulfideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_40_35 | Glass | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300010797 | glass (material) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q11469 | glass | nearly the same |