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skylight

[ skahy-lahyt ]

noun

  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. Meteorology. the diffuse light lights from the sky, scattered by air molecules, as distinguished from the direct radiation from the sun.


skylight

/ ˈ첹ɪˌɪ /

noun

  1. a window placed in a roof or ceiling to admit daylight Also calledfanlight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of skylight1

First recorded in 1670–80; sky + light 1
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You capture the birds hovering, in flight, trapped in a skylight or doing physical therapy.

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One occupant had to escape through the front door, and two others in a converted loft climbed through a skylight on to the roof.

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Tóth is oddly insistent on constructing a skylight that glows with a sunlit cross.

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According to the complaint, a skylight in one of the classrooms didn’t have glass, allowing rain to fall in the building.

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They have evolved natural skylights to fuel the growth of their algal companions without opening their shells and exposing themselves to the beaks and claws of potential predators.

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