window
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: compound
Topics: architecture
computing
engineering
geography
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government
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
medicine
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
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signal-processing
war
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 .
Compound parts: wind
eye
Inflected forms:
form: windows
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: windows
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: windowing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: windowed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: windowed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: She opened the window to let some air in.
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,[…].
A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.
Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
gloss: An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: launch window
window of opportunity
You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
But rescuers have a dwindling window of opportunity, with forecasters predicting the return of heavy monsoon rains in the coming days, effectively sealing off the cave until October.
Now she'll be thinking about fleeing. (The verdict delay) provides a window for potential flight....if she has not fled already.
An extensive period of trial running will then take place in the first quarter of 2020. The full opening of the Elizabeth Line is still planned to be within a six-month window between October 2020 and March 2021.
“The Russian military command is likely aware of the closing window before more western aid arrives and is trying to secure offensive gains before the window closes,” it said in a briefing on Monday.
gloss: Something that allows one to see through or into something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life.
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.
gloss: A restricted range.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: till he has windows on his bread and butter
gloss: The time between first infection and detectability.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
pos: noun
tags: historical
uncountable
gloss: A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: […]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[…]
gloss: To furnish with windows.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To place at or in a window.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck?
gloss: To apply a window function to (a signal).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: glass
Related words: eye
wind
Derived words: anabolic window
awning window
bay window
boob window
bow window
broken window
broken windows theory
cabinet window
casement window
Catherine-wheel window
cochlear window
coffin window
compass window
dialog window
dormer-window
dormer window
dormant window
drop window
electric window
fly window
French window
gable window
garret window
go out of the window
go out the window
Jesse window
Johari window
Judas window
judas window
Kaiser window
lancet window
lattice window
launch window
loop-window
low side window
lucarne window
luthern window
luthern-window
maintenance window
make a better door than a window
marigold window
mezzanine window
mullion window
Norman window
not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of
ogive window
one-window
opera window
opportunity window
oriel window
out of the window
out the window
oval window
Overton window
palette window
Palladian window
picture window
process window index
re-entry window
rose window
round window
sash window
shop window
show window
silly window syndrome
sliding window
store window
storm window
the eyes are the window to the soul
therapeutic window
time window
time window out
transfer window
transom window
trap window
trellis window
truth window
unwindow
unwindowed
valence window
vestibular window
weather window
wheel window
when God closes a door he opens a window
window back
window bar
window blind
window box
window-breaker
window card
window cleaner
window covering
window curtain
window detector
window display
window-down
window down
window-dress
window dresser
window dressing
window-dressing
windowed
window envelope
window fly
window frame
windowfront
window gardener
window gardening
window glass
windowing
window-kill
window ledge
windowless
window licker
windowlike
window lock
window manager
window money
window of discourse
window of opportunity
window of time
window on the world
window out
window over
window pane
windowpane
window plant
Windows
window sash
window screen
window seat
window-seat
window-shopping
window shopping → window-shop
window-shopper
window sill
windowsill
window sitter
window stool
window swallow
window system
window tax
window treatment
window up
window washer
witch window
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