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 window (disambiguation) on Wikipedia
Awindow, viewed from inside.

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishwyndowe,wyndown, fromOld Norsevindauga(“window”, literally“wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent towind +‎eye. Cognate withScotswindae andwindock,Faroesevindeyga,Norwegian Bokmålvindu,Norwegian Nynorskvindauge,Danishvindue, archaicSwedishvindöga,Elfdalianwindog. Displaced nativeOld Englishēagþȳrel(literally“eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant iseyethurl(“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(Canthis(+) etymology besourced?).

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Noun

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window (countable anduncountable,pluralwindows)

  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.
    She opened thewindow to let some air in.
    • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
      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 thewindow 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, […].
    • 1952,L. F. Salzman,Building in England, page173:
      Awindow is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 14, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.  Just under the ceiling there were three lunettewindows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
  2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; ashop window.
    • 1915,G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, inGossamer, New York, N.Y.:George H. Doran Company,→OCLC:
      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 thewindows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
  3. (architecture) Theshutter,casement,sash with its fittings, or otherframework, which closes a window opening.
  4. (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limitedopportunity.
    launchwindow
    window of opportunity
    You have a two-hourwindow of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
    • 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, inedition.cnn.com‎[1], CNN, retrieved8 July 2018:
      But rescuers have a dwindlingwindow of opportunity, with forecasters predicting the return of heavy monsoon rains in the coming days, effectively sealing off the cave until October.
    • 2017 August 25, Euan McKirdyet al., “Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra”, inedition.cnn.com‎[2], CNN, retrieved25 August 2017:
      Now she'll be thinking about fleeing. (The verdict delay) provides awindow for potential flight....if she has not fled already.
    • 2019 November 6, “Network News”, inRail, page26:
      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-monthwindow between October 2020 and March 2021.
    • 2024 April 23, Luke Harding, Dan Sabbagh, quotingInstitute for the Study of War, “Russian forces make significant gains in eastern Ukraine”, inThe Guardian‎[3],→ISSN:
      “The Russian military command is likely aware of the closing window before more western aid arrives and is trying to secure offensive gains before thewindow closes,” it said in a briefing on Monday.
  5. (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something
    His journal provides a rarewindow into his otherwise obscure life.
    • 1977 December 17, Circle of Loving Companions, “Critical Friends”, inGay Community News, volume 5, number24, page 4:
      Then we read Spear's confrontational commentary on the "Richard Pryor Incident" from the Black perspective...and suddenly we began to feel that GCN'swindow on the Gay World was something we couldn't livewithout since no other Gay Media voice seemed so speaking.
  6. A restricted range.
    • 2015, Patrick R. Nicolas,Scala for Machine Learning, page109:
      In this case, a band-pass filter using a range orwindow of frequencies is appropriate to isolate the frequency or the group of frequencies that characterize a specific cycle.
  8. (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computerterminal or screen containing some kind ofuser interface, displayingoutput and allowinginput, often for a single task in amultitasking system.
  9. Afigure formed oflinescrossing each other.
    • 1709,William King,Art of Cookery:
      till he haswindows on his bread and butter
  10. (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
  11. (military, historical, uncountable)Synonym ofchaff(“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
  12. (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
  13. (geology) Afenster: a geologic ortectonic window.
    • 1927, Léon William Collet,The Structure of the Alps, page232:
      […]the Hohe Tauernwindow. In the transverse depression between thewindows, 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 […]

Synonyms

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  • (glass-covered opening):glass

Coordinate terms

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  • (glass-covered opening):door

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Terms derived fromwindow (noun)

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Translations

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opening for light and air
shop window—seeshop window
period of time—see alsoperiod
area on a computer screen
seat beside a window
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Verb

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window (third-person singular simple presentwindows,present participlewindowing,simple past and past participlewindowed)

  1. (transitive) Tofurnish with windows.
  2. (transitive) To place at or in a window.
  3. (transitive, signal processing) To apply awindow function to (a signal).
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