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2. Window valance - Wikipedia

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   A window valance. A window valance (or pelmet in the UK) [1] is a form of window treatment that covers the uppermost part of the window and can be hung alone or paired with other window blinds, or curtains. Valances are a popular decorative choice in concealing drapery hardware. Window valances were popular in Victorian interior design.

3. Shower-curtain effect - Wikipedia

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   The shower-curtain effect in physics describes the phenomenon of a shower curtain being blown inward when a shower is running. The problem of identifying the cause of this effect has been featured in Scientific American magazine, with several theories given to explain the phenomenon but no definite conclusion.

4. Valance - Wikipedia

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   Window valance, used above a window to conceal hardware or other window treatments; Bed skirt, a piece of decorative fabric between the mattress and the box spring of a bed; An apron or skirt for a Countertop or Trunk

5. Curtain - Wikipedia

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   A curtain is a piece of cloth or other material intended to block or obscure light, air drafts, or (in the case of a shower curtain) water. [1] A curtain is also the movable screen or drape in a theatre that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop/background.

6. Curtain wall (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   While these curtain wall systems are more energy-efficient than older, single-glazed versions, they are still significantly less efficient than opaque (solid) wall construction. [13] For example, nearly all curtain wall systems, thermally-broken or otherwise, have a U-value of 0.2 or higher, which is equivalent to an R-value of 5 or lower. [14]

7. Valley Curtain - Wikipedia

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   Valley Curtain was a 1972 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude raised an orange curtain of fabric across a mountainous span of Colorado State Highway 325. [1] Preparations began within a year of their Australian Wrapped Coast .