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  • adjective Having double glazing.

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Examples

  • Fortunately, the tsunami did not reach the building, and the damage was limited to broken glass on the first and third floors, part of a window on the double-glazed south side, a section of ceiling that had fallen on the top floor, solar equipment, and a rooftop air duct.

    Why One Remained Standing Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

  • This has been particularly challenging in the hotel bedrooms, where it was essential to keep the fireplaces which no longer function, and the original pointed Gothic windows had to be double-glazed to keep out the noise.

    Gothic Renaissance in London Colin Amery 2011

  • Only a third of the school's windows are double-glazed and because the building is on a slope, the rooms are often draughty and cold.

    How spending cuts are hitting schools – despite coalition vow to protect them 2011

  • The windows will also be slightly smaller, and some will be triple-pane, for better insulation than the double-glazed windows in the first two wings.

    Lessons Learned Stephanie Simon 2011

  • It replaces the double-glazed windows normally used in apartments and offices with a complex structure that looks like a normal pane but has internal membranes and other devices that almost totally block the transmission of heat.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

  • Now, twelve years later, his six months in the RAF ended early because of an unspecified problem with his right knee, he was a senior executive in a firm that manufactured double-glazed windows, he told me, with, since the divorce, a smaller house than he felt that he deserved and only a golden retriever for company.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • Install fire resistant roofs, boxed eaves, double-glazed windows and ember-resistant attic vents.

    Wildfires prompt discussion on fire resistant gardens 2010

  • The new double-glazed windows cut out the sounds of traffic.

    Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010

  • It replaces the double-glazed windows normally used in apartments and offices with a complex structure that looks like a normal pane but has internal membranes and other devices that almost totally block the transmission of heat.

    China’s Silver Lining 2008

  • After all, this is how you will get your double-glazed semi -, and where you will spend the rest of your annual heating allowance trying to keep warm.

    …self-help « Sven’s guide to… 2008

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