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Abat-jour

abat-jour

[ä·bä′zhu̇r]
(building construction)
A device that is used to deflect daylight downward as it streams through a window.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Abat-jour

A skylight in a roof that admits light from above; any beveled aperture.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

abat-jour

abat-jour, 1
1. In a wall, an aperture whose sides have been cut back and/or whose underside has been sloped downward so as to admit a greater amount of light to the interior of the room.
2. A skylight.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
In between are the likes of a Carl Andre piece in travertine stone; a Richard Long stone circle (1976); one of Dan Flavin's 'monuments' for Vladimir Tatlin (1968); a JeffKoons 1980s New Hoover Convertibles sculpture and Giulio Paolini's intriguing Abat-jour (giochi proibiti) of 1986.
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A ce moment, il a remarque derriere les vitrines d'une boutique un abat-jour sous forme d'un coeur et qui etait vraiment tres romantique, il a crie avec joie que c'est le cadeau adequat qui sera tres utile dans leur maison conjugale apres le mariage.
Un peu d'amour dans un monde de brutes
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