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2. Tracery - Wikipedia

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   Tracery is an architectural device by which windows (or screens, panels, and vaults) are divided into sections of various proportions by stone bars or ribs of moulding. [1] Most commonly, it refers to the stonework elements that support the glass in a window. The purpose of the device is practical as well as decorative, because the increasingly ...

3. 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]

4. Muntin - Wikipedia

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   Muntins divide a single window sash or casement into a grid system of small panes of glass, called "lights" or "lites". In UK use, a muntin is a vertical member in timber panelling or a door separating two panels. Windows with "true divided lights" make use of thin muntins, typically 1/2" to 7/8" wide in residential windows, positioned between ...

5. Mullion - Wikipedia

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   A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. [1] It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid support to the glazing of the window. Its secondary purpose is to provide structural support to an ...

6. Sash window - Wikipedia

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   A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels, or "sashes". [ A ] The individual sashes are traditionally paned windows , but can now contain an individual sheet (or sheets, in the case of double glazing ) of glass.

7. Jalousie window - Wikipedia

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   A jalousie window (UK: / ˈdʒælʊziː /, US: / ˈdʒæləsiː /), 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 and shut in ...