Glossary
Auto Glass Technician Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential auto glass technician terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key auto glass technician vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in auto glass technician training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- ADAS
- Advanced driver-assistance systems.
- Bead
- Line of urethane.
- Chip repair
- Filling small damage with resin.
- Cowl
- Panel below the windshield.
- Dynamic calibration
- Calibration while driving.
- Laminated glass
- Glass with a plastic layer.
- Molding
- Trim around glass.
- OEM glass
- Original equipment glass.
- Pinch weld
- Metal frame where glass sits.
- Primer
- Prepares surfaces for bonding.
- Safe drive-away time
- Time before driving is safe.
- Static calibration
- Calibration with targets.
- Tempered glass
- Glass that shatters into pieces.
- Urethane
- Adhesive that bonds glass.
- Windshield
- Front glass.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Auto Glass Technician practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Auto Glass Technician training.
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