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Mirror Button Adapter
see ("Button") Usually a plastic adapter used to permit the replacement of the rearview mirror when the button supplied on the windshield does not fit the rearview mirror bracket.



Molding
Similar to "Gasket" - fitted around the glass to finish or "trim out" an installation.



MOPAR
Chrysler brand AG/ARG-MOP.



Monolithic
A glazing assembly construction consisting of only one lite or pane of glass, polycarbonate, acrylic, or plastic.



Mullion
An intermediate connecting member used to "marry" two or more windows or patio doors together in a single rough opening without sacrificing air or watertight performance. A mullion also can give added strength to connections for structural stability.



Muntins
A decorative design in cutups of glass lites. Examples:
1.) Painted muntin grids applied to an interior lite of glass in a sealed insulating glass unit to simulate cut-ups of glass lites either in colonial or diamond patterns.
2.) Use of aluminum muntin bar between lites of glass units to simulate glass cutups.
3.) Use of actual vertical and horizontal bars to divide a window into smaller lites of glass. The bars are termed muntin glass.



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