"butterfly door" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butterfly doors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} butterfly door (plural butterfly doors)
  1. (automotive) A car door similar to scissor door, but while scissor doors move straight up via hinge points at the bottom of the A-pillar, butterfly doors move up and out via hinges along the A-pillar. Categories (topical): Automotive Related terms: butterfly valve Translations (type of car door): perhosovi (Finnish), porte papillon [feminine] (French), Schmetterlingstür [feminine] (German), portiera ad ala di gabbiano (Italian)
    Sense id: en-butterfly_door-en-noun-7S9pgHEi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 35 18 Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles Disambiguation of 'type of car door': 80 13 7
  2. (of stationary or locomotive boilers) A door consisting of two leaves that swing on a pivot above the center of the firebox opening to open and close.
    Sense id: en-butterfly_door-en-noun-wgnfApBV
  3. (architecture) A door which pivots on a central axis, used in locations with a pressure differential between the two sides of the door, so that forces exhibited do not inhibit opening and closing of the door, due to contrary action of forces on the two halves of the door which open inwards and outwards at the same time. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-butterfly_door-en-noun-YJNUiXN8 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (architecture: type of door): pyöröovi (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'architecture: type of door': 36 22 41

Inflected forms

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