Pavement light


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pavement light

[′pāv·mənt ‚līt]
(civil engineering)
A window built into the surface of a pavement to admit daylight to a space below ground level.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

Pavement light

Thick, translucent glass disks or prisms, set into a section of pavement to transmit light to a space below.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

pavement light

Heavy glass disks or prisms set into a pavement to convey light to a space beneath.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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