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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Window \Win"dow\, noun [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ????. See {Wind}, noun, and {Eye}.]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.
I leaped from the window of the citadel. --Shak.
Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. --Milton.
2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]
Till he has windows on his bread and butter. --King.
4. a period of time in which some activity may be uniquely possible, more easily accomplished, or more likely to succeed; as, a launch window for a mission to Mars. [PJC]
5. (Computers) a region on a computer display screen which represents a separate computational process, controlled more or less independently from the remaining part of the screen, and having widely varying functions, from simply displaying information to comprising a separate conceptual screen in which output can be visualized, input can be controlled, program dialogs may be accomplished, and a program may be controlled independently of any other processes occurring in the computer. The window may have a fixed location and size, or (as in modern Graphical User Interfaces) may have its size and location on the screen under the control of the operator. [PJC]
{French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French casement}.
{Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below.
{Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.
{Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. [Scot.]
{Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.
{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement.
{Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows.
{Window martin} (Zool.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.]
{Window oyster} (Zool.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass.
{Window pane}. (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, noun, 3 (b) . (b) (Zool.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary.
{Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows.
{Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See {Window stool}, under {Stool}.
{Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller.
{Window shell} (Zool.), the window oyster.
{Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows.
{Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame.
{Window swallow} (Zool.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.]
{Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Window \Win"dow\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Windowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Windowing}.]
2. To place at or in a window. [R.]
Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible neck? --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
2: a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
3: a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
4: an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"
5: 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"
6: a pane of glass in a window; "the ball shattered the window" [syn: {windowpane}, {window}]
7: an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served; "he stuck his head in the window"
8: (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
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