Other Definitions window (enc)
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Window| Noun | 1. | window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or airbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" casing, case - the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" clearstory, clerestory - part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light dormer, dormer window - a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window dormer window - the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window double glazing - a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window fanlight - a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan lancet window - a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery mullion - a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) oeil de boeuf - a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th century French architecture picture window - a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) pivoting window - a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically porthole - a window in a ship or airplane sash, window sash - a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame sash window - a window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air | | | 2. | window - a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being openedopening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" | | | 3. | window - a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque materialpanel - sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something window envelope - an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure | | | 4. | window - an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"opening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" | | | 5. | window - the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded"period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | | | 6. | window - a pane in a window; "the ball shattered the window"window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air | | | 7. | window - an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air); "he stuck his head in the window"opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" ticket window - a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth) | | | 8. | window - (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screendialog box, panel - (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel' display - an electronic device that represents information in visual form foreground - (computer science) a window for an active application computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures | |
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