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| • Laminated Glass - Two or more pieces of glass bonded together over a plastic interlayer. • Lap-Lok® Meeting Rail - A patented meeting rail which overlaps and interlocks both sash. • Lift Handle - A handhold for raising and lowering the sash. Handle implies that the handhold is not continuous across the sash. • Lift Rail - A handhold for raising and lowering the sash. Rail implies that the handhold is continuous across the sash. • Lite - A unit of glass in a window. • Lock Rail - The horizontal section of the sash where the cam lock is attached. • Lock Stile - The vertical section of the sash where the cam lock is attached. • Low E (Emissivity) Glass - Glass with a transparent metallic oxide coating applied onto or into a glass surface. The coating allows short-wave energy to pass through but reflects long-wave infrared energy which improves the U-value. • Main Frame - The head, sill and jambs sections of a window. • Mechanically Fastened Frame - Refers to frames fastened with screws. • Meeting Rail - The horizontal sections of a pair of sash that meet when the sash are closed. • Meeting Stile - The vertical section of a pair of sash that meet when the sash are closed. • Mesh - Fabric made of either fiberglass or aluminum, used in the making of screens. • Mullion - A vertical or horizontal connecting unit between two or more windows. • Nailing Fin - An extrusion attached to the main frame of a window used to secure the unit to the rough opening. |