skylight

skylight
/skuy"luyt'/, n.
1. an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
2. the frame set with glass fitted to such an opening.
3. Meteorol. the diffuse light from the sky, scattered by air molecules, as distinguished from the direct radiation from the sun.
[1670-80; SKY + LIGHT1]

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Roof opening covered with translucent or transparent glass or plastic designed to admit daylight.

Skylights have found wide application admitting steady, even light in industrial, commercial, and residential buildings, especially those with a northern orientation. Installations range from purely functional daylighting to elaborate aesthetic forms. Flat-roofed buildings may have domed skylights; in others the skylight follows the slope of the roof. Often the skylight, or a portion of it, functions as an operating window to admit air.

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