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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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Heat-absorbing plate glass. This glass is made by adding ingredients to the mix used in making regular plate so that the finished product is pale bluish green or gray. Because of its chemical composition, this glass absorbs a significant percentage of the sun's radiant energy, thus reducing the build-up of heat within the building. ... glare and brightness in the room are reduced. This type of glass is quite widely used for glazing in office buildings, schools, and hospitals.  1, record 1, English, - heat%2Dabsorbing%20plate%20glass

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plate glass: Flat glass formed by a rolling process, ground and polished on both sides, with surfaces essentially plane and parallel.  2, record 1, English, - heat%2Dabsorbing%20plate%20glass

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Vitrage antisolaire : vitrage ayant pour objet d’éliminer une partie du rayonnement solaire qui peut pénétrer dans les habitations, afin d’éviter un éclairement et un échauffement excessifs des locaux. [...] Les vitrages antisolaires agissent par absorption partielle de la lumière, à l'aide d’oxydes de fer, de nickel ou de cobalt en composition dans le verre, donnant à celui-ci un aspect grisâtre et augmentant le rayonnement thermique.  3, record 1, French, - glace%20pare%2Dsoleil

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Des protections [...] spécifiques des façades légères sont mises en œuvre et se développent dans deux directions : montages de vitrages plus performants (réfléchissants, absorbants, etc., telles que glaces teintées Parsol, Polyglass); mise en place de dispositifs pare-soleil [...]  4, record 1, French, - glace%20pare%2Dsoleil

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glace : plaque de verre poli destinée à servir de vitrage [...]  5, record 1, French, - glace%20pare%2Dsoleil

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glace : panneau de verre [...] qui a subi une finition par polissage telle que ses deux faces soient parfaitement planes et parallèles.  6, record 1, French, - glace%20pare%2Dsoleil

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Pluriel : glaces pare-soleil.  1, record 1, French, - glace%20pare%2Dsoleil

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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Faint spot of light, round or elongated, in the night sky at the antisolar point [i.e., 180° from the sun], linking the east and west zodiacal lights.  4, record 2, English, - counterglow

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gegenschein or counterglow ... is caused by reflection of sunlight by small dust particles that lie in the plane of the solar system. It is possible that these particles are part of a tail of the earth, extending away from the sun like the tail of a comet. The gegenschein is one of several skyglows that also include the zodiacal light and the zodiacal band.  5, record 2, English, - counterglow

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[The] counterglow ... very difficult to observe [is] caused by very thinly spread interplanetary material.  6, record 2, English, - counterglow

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gegenschein: often capitalized.  7, record 2, English, - counterglow

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counterglow: usually known by its German name, the Gegenschein.  6, record 2, English, - counterglow

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Faible tache lumineuse, ronde ou allongée, apparaissant dans le ciel nocturne au point antisolaire [i.e., à 180 degrés du Soleil] et réunissant les lumières zodiacales ouest et est.  5, record 2, French, - lumi%C3%A8re%20antisolaire

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La lumière zodiacale et le gegenschein sont causés par la poussière interplanétaire.  5, record 2, French, - lumi%C3%A8re%20antisolaire

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Gegenschein : terme allemand généralement employé pour désigner la lumière antisolaire.  5, record 2, French, - lumi%C3%A8re%20antisolaire

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Débil mancha luminosa, redonda o alargada, que se observa en el cielo nocturno en el punto antisolar, uniendo las luces zodiacales del este y del oeste.  1, record 2, Spanish, - resplandor%20anticenital

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Gegenschein: término alemán generalmente utilizado para designar la luz antisolar.  1, record 2, Spanish, - resplandor%20anticenital