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wheel window: see rose window rose window, large, stone-traceried, circular window of medieval churches. Romanesque churches of both England and the Continent had made use of the wheel window—a circular window ornamented by shafts radiating from a small center circle; and from this
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rose window, Catherine-wheel window, marigold window, wheel window

rose window

A large, circular medieval window, containing tracery disposed in a radial manner.

wheel window

A large circular window on which the radiation of tracery from the center is suggested; a variety of rose window; a Catherine wheel window.

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No references found			Oliver Smith, who designed stained glass for a number of area churches, conceived of the temple's glass wheel window with segments representing the twelve tribes of Israel. Gallery chronicle by Panero, James / New Criterion Located at Fifth Avenue and 65th Street, the soaring, clear-span Sanctuary of Temple Emanu-El rises to a height of six stories, embraces a floor area of more than 11,000 s/f (enough to accommodate some 2,500 worshippers) and is everywhere characterized by its gorgeous and expertly wrought decoration: from the mosaic tiles of the pillared Ark (which evokes the form of an open Torah scroll) to the lustrous, richly colored Wheel Window (designed by Oliver Smith). $25m restoration restores splendor of Temple Emanu-El by Real Estate Weekly			Wheatstone stereoscope Wheatstone Telegraph Wheatstone, Charles Wheatstone, Sir Charles Wheatworm Wheel wheel and axle wheel base wheel bit wheel bug wheel clamp wheel ditcher wheel dresser Wheel Formula Wheel Lathe wheel load capacity wheel lock Wheel Pair wheel printer wheel sleeve wheel static wheel step wheel tracery Wheel Tread wheel wars wheel window wheel-bearing lubricant wheelbarrow Wheelbase wheelchair wheelchair accessible wheeled crane Wheeler Wheeler County Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Wheeler, Anna Pell Wheeler, Benjamin Wheeler, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Burton K. Wheeler, Burton Kendall Wheeler, Candace Wheeler, John Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler, Ruth Wheeler, Wayne Bidwell Wheeler, William Wheeler, William Almon Wheeler, William Morton Wheeler-Feynman theory Wheelerian wheelhouse			Wheel race Wheel rope wheel round Wheel Skidder wheel sleeve Wheel slide protection Wheel slip protection Wheel speed sensor Wheel Speed Transducer wheel spoke wheel static wheel step wheel step Wheel stitch wheel stone wheel stone wheel stone Wheel Tappers And Shunters Club Wheel to Rudder Interconnect System Wheel to Wheel wheel tracery Wheel Tread wheel tree Wheel urchin Wheel Vehicle Wheel war Wheel wars wheel window wheel wobble Wheel wrench wheel, Burlew Wheel-animalcules Wheel-animalcules Wheel-animalcules Wheel-Based Vehicle Speed wheel-bearing lubricant Wheel-chair Wheel-chair Wheel-chair wheel-clamp wheel-clamp wheel-clamped wheel-clamped wheel-clamping wheel-clamping wheel-clamps wheel-clamps Wheel-less Wheel-less Wheel-less Wheel-less wheel-like Wheel-shaped Wheel-worn Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Wheelband Wheelbarrel Wheelbarrel

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