adjective
- exposed to or illuminated by daylight; having daylight visible or accessible
Usage: often used in architecture and urban planning contexts
verb
- past tense and past participle of 'daylight': to expose (a covered stream, pipe, or structure) to daylight; to uncover or reveal
Usage: transitive verb; commonly used in civil engineering and environmental restoration
Examples
- The daylighted courtyard provides natural light to the surrounding offices.
- Engineers daylighted the buried stream to restore the ecosystem.
- The architect designed daylighted corridors to reduce energy consumption.
- They daylighted the underground river, creating a new public waterfront.
- The daylighted atrium became the focal point of the building's interior.
- The city daylighted several culverted creeks as part of the urban renewal project.