Trombe wall

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named after French engineer Félix Trombe.

Noun[edit]

Trombe wall (plural Trombe walls)

  1. A wall built on the winter sun side of a building with a glass external layer and a high mass internal layer separated by a layer of air, so as to absorb heat during sunlit hours of winter and slowly release it overnight.
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