window
IPA: wˈɪndoʊ
noun
- 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.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
- A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- Something that allows one to see through or into something
- A restricted range.
- (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.
- A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
- (military, historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
- (signal processing) A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with windows.
- (transitive) To place at or in a window.
- (transitive, signal processing) To apply a window function to (a signal).
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Examples of "window" in Sentences
- I opened the window.
- I open the folder and it closes the window.
- The Church windows were opened to cope with the blast.
- The crew manually opens the shutter to use the window.
- Appetizer is one of the few open source docks for Windows.
- In summer instead of using the air conditioner open a window.
- Part of the room is the opening provided by the dormer window.
- It had a door made of steel, had no windows, and was soundproof.
- One recommended to sleep with the windows open as shivering burns calories.
- That will necessitate costly home security systems that monitor doors and windows.
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