transparisteel

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US/tɹænsˈpɛɹɪˌstil/UK/tɹænsˈpæɹɪˌstiːl/

noun

a fictional hard transparent metal used instead of glass in windows

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Meanings

nountransparisteel (uncountable)
  1. uncountableliteraturea fictional hard transparent metal used instead of glass in windows

    His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.

    1979, Brian Daley, Han Solo at Stars’ End
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    Ignoring the familiar discomfort, he padded barefoot across the thick white carpet toward the heavy curtains that lined the richly appointed bedroom’s wide transparisteel window.

    2007, Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin, Star Trek: Enterprise: The Good That Men Do

    The cockpit was located underneath the body, a down slanted oval of transparisteel.

    2009, K. L. James, Cassiopeia 91787

Origin

Blend of transparent + steel. Apparently coined by Brian Daley in 1979.

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APA

transparisteel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transparisteel

MLA

“transparisteel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transparisteel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transparisteel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transparisteel.

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