Word: window Part of Speech: noun 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 . Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəʊ/, /ˈwɪndo/, /ˈwɪndou/, /ˈwɪndə/, /ˈwɪndoʊ/ 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. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She opened the window to let some air in. Example: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…]. 2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 3. The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: launch window Example: window of opportunity 5. Something that allows one to see through or into something. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life. Example: Then we read Spear's confrontational commentary on the "Richard Pryor Incident" from the Black perspective...and suddenly we began to feel that GCN's window on the Gay World was something we couldn't live without since no other Gay Media voice seemed so speaking. 6. A restricted range. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. 7. 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. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: till he has windows on his bread and butter 9. The time between first infection and detectability. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”) Labels: historical, uncountable 11. A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […]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[…]