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Window
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- 1 An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle. countable, uncountable
"She opened the window to let some air in."
- 2 a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air wordnet
- 3 An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window. countable, uncountable
"There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams."
- 4 a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened wordnet
- 5 The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening. countable, uncountable
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- 6 a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material wordnet
- 7 A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"launch window"
- 8 (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen wordnet
- 9 Something that allows one to see through or into something countable, figuratively, uncountable
"His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life."
- 10 an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served wordnet
- 11 A restricted range. countable, uncountable
"In this case, a band-pass filter using a range or window of frequencies is appropriate to isolate the frequency or the group of frequencies that characterize a specific cycle."
- 12 a pane of glass in a window wordnet
- 13 A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system. countable, uncountable
- 14 an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function wordnet
- 15 A figure formed of lines crossing each other. countable, uncountable
"till he has windows on his bread and butter"
- 16 the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something wordnet
- 17 The time between first infection and detectability. countable, uncountable
- 18 Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”) historical, uncountable
- 19 A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform. countable, uncountable
- 20 A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window. countable, uncountable
"[…]the Hohe Tauern window. In the transverse depression between the windows, the Silvretta Nappe disappears almost entirely underneath the Oetztal Nappe. The southern margin of the Northern Limestone zone is formed by the "Greywacke zone" of[…]"
- 1 To furnish with windows. transitive
- 2 To place at or in a window. transitive
"Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck?"
- 3 To apply a window function to (a signal). transitive
Etymology
From Middle English wyndowe, wyndown, from Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent to wind + eye. Cognate with Scots windae and windock, Faroese vindeyga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauge, Danish vindue, archaic Swedish vindöga, Elfdalian windog. Displaced native Old English ēagþȳrel (literally “eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant is eyethurl (“window, pupil, etc.”)). The “windows” among early Germanic peoples were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through .
From Middle English wyndowe, wyndown, from Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent to wind + eye. Cognate with Scots windae and windock, Faroese vindeyga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauge, Danish vindue, archaic Swedish vindöga, Elfdalian windog. Displaced native Old English ēagþȳrel (literally “eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant is eyethurl (“window, pupil, etc.”)). The “windows” among early Germanic peoples were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through .
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