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2. Sash window - Wikipedia

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   To facilitate operation, the weight of the glazed panel is usually balanced by a heavy steel, lead, or cast-iron sash weight or counter-weight concealed within the window frame. The sash weight is connected to the window by a braided cotton sash cord, or a chain, that runs over a pulley at the top of the frame, although spring balances are ...

3. Suncatcher - Wikipedia

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   It may include glass or nacre pieces and be hung indoors near a window to "catch" sunlight. [1] [additional citation(s) needed] A suncatcher is like the optical equivalent of a wind chime. Some designs are simple and abstract with perhaps some mobile-like chained elements, while more complex designs often evoke flora or fauna. Many designs ...

4. Muntin - Wikipedia

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   A muntin (US), muntin bar, glazing bar (UK), or sash bar is a strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window. [1] Muntins can be found in doors, windows, and furniture, typically in Western styles of architecture. Muntins divide a single window sash or casement into a grid system of small panes of glass, called "lights ...

5. Witch window - Wikipedia

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   A Vermont or witch window. In American vernacular architecture, a witch window (also known as a Vermont window, among other names) is a window (usually a double-hung sash window, occasionally a single-sided casement window) placed in the gable-end wall of a house [1] and rotated approximately 1/8 of a turn (45 degrees) from the vertical, leaving it diagonal, with its long edge parallel to the ...

6. Jalousie window - Wikipedia

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   A jalousie window (UK: / ˈ dʒ æ l ʊ z iː /, US: / ˈ dʒ æ l ə s iː /), louvred window (Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom), jalousie, or jalosy [1] is a window composed of parallel glass, acrylic, or wooden louvres set in a frame. The louvres are joined onto a track so that they may be tilted open ...

7. Window - Wikipedia

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   A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof, or vehicle that allows the exchange of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air.Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame [1] in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. [2]

8. Paned window (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   A paned window. In architecture, a paned window is a window that is divided into panes of glass, usually rectangular pieces of glass that are joined to create the glazed element of the window. Window panes are often separated from other panes (or "lights") by lead strips, or glazing bars, moulded wooden strips known as muntins in the US. [1]

9. Oriel window - Wikipedia

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   An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground. [1] Supported by corbels , brackets , or similar cantilevers , an oriel window generally projects from an upper floor, but is also sometimes used on the ground floor.