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Definition of Skylight
1. Noun. A window in a roof to admit daylight.
Definition of Skylight
1. n. A window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.
Definition of Skylight
1. Noun. A window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light. ¹
2. Noun. Diffuse sky radiation—solar radiation reaching the earth's surface after having been scattered from the direct solar beam by molecules or suspensoids in the atmosphere ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Skylight
1. a window in a roof or ceiling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skylight
Literary usage of Skylight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Skeleton Construction in Buildings: With Numerous Practical Illustrations of by William Harvey Birkmire (1894)
"skylight Over Main Office and Elevators.—Inclined flat skylights are to be ...
Along the lower edge of skylight over main office, provide a substantial ..."
2. Skeleton Construction in Buildings: With Numerous Practical Illustrations of by William Harvey Birkmire (1893)
"skylight Over Main Office and Elevators.—Inclined flat skylights are to be ...
Along the lower edge of skylight over main office, provide a substantial ..."
3. Concrete Work: A Book to Aid the Self-development of Workers in Concrete and by William Kendrick Hatt, Walter C. Voss (1921)
"skylight Curb-Walls and Anchors. In most cases of this kind the walls forming
the support for the skylight are reinforced as beams. ..."
4. Concrete Work: A Book to Aid the Self-development of Workers in Concrete and by William Kendrick Hatt, Walter C. Voss (1921)
"skylight Curb-Walls and Anchors. In most cases of this kind the walls forming
the support for the skylight are reinforced as beams. ..."
5. Wilson's Photographics: A Series of Lessons, Accompanied by Notes, on All by Edward Livingston Wilson (1881)
"The frame is supported on the peak of the skylight by studs 1 foot high, ...
From the peak of the skylight the frame rises at an angle of about 18°, ..."
6. Sheet-metal Work: A Manual of Practical Self-instruction in the Art of by William Neubecker, American Technical Society (1917)
"166 shows a double-pitch skylight. Ventilation is obtained by placing ...
167 shows a skylight with a ridge ventilator. The corner bar C is called the hip ..."
7. A Treatise on Design and Construction of Roofs by Nathan Clifford Ricker (1912)
"The steeper gable over the middle span is a glazed skylight, ... This form of
skylight is common in Germany, being used instead of the sawtooth roof, ..."
8. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1902)
"IN using a flash machine one must first be familiar with the use of the skylight,
after which the use of the flash becomes comparatively easy. ..."
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