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Why is glass considered a supercooled liquid?

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Glass is considered to be super cooled liquid because it shows some of the characteristics of liquids, though it is an amophous solid. For example, it is slightly thicker at the bottom. This can be possible only if it has flown like liquid, though very slowly.
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