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Trombe wall

American  
[tromb, trawnb] / trɒmb, trɔ̃b /

noun

  1. a glass-fronted exterior masonry wall that absorbs solar heat for radiation into a building.

Etymology

Origin of Trombe wall

1975–80; after Frenchman Félix Trombe, one of its developers

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