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casement window
Architecture; General architecture
Window hung vertically, hinged one side, so that it swings inward or outward.
bay window
Architecture; General architecture
A projecting form containing windows that rises from the ground or from some other support, such as a porch roof; see also oriel.
transom
Architecture; General architecture
Window or element above a door but within its vertical frame.
fanlight
Architecture; General architecture
A semicircular or semielliptical window above a door, usually inset with radiating glazing bars.
eustyle
Architecture; General architecture
Intercolumniation defined by Vitruvius as being of the best proportion, i.e. two and a quarter diameters.
bays
Architecture; General architecture
Internal compartments of a building; each divided from the other by subtle means such as the boundaries implied by divisions marked in the side walls (columns, pilasters, etc.) or the ceiling (beams, ...
monotriglyph
Architecture; General architecture
Interval of the intercolumniation of the Doric column, which is observed by the intervention of one triglyph only between the triglyphs which come over the axes of the columns. This is the usual ...
