skylight

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sky⋅light

[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 from the sky, scattered by air molecules, as distinguished from the direct radiation from the sun.

Origin:
1670–80; sky + light ¹

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sky·light (skī'līt')

An overhead window, as in a roof, admitting daylight.
Light from the sky.
A hole in the congealed surface of a lava flow, through which flowing lava can be seen.

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Word Origin & History

skylight

1679, "light from the sky," from sky + light (n.). Meaning "small opening in a roof to admit light" is recorded from 1690.

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