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Transom
 
  The term transom may refer to:

  • Transom (architectural)
    Transom (architectural)

    In architecture, a transom is the term given to a transverse beam or bar in a frame, or to the crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it....
    , the horizontal lintel or beam across a window, dividing it into stages or heights. In the U.S. it also can refer to a fixed window over a door or another window
  • Transom (nautical)
    Transom (nautical)

    In naval architecture, a transom is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel. Transoms may be flat or curved and they may be vertical, raked forward , or raked aft....
    , in naval architecture, is the surface that forms the stern of a vessel