window

noun windows

1. countable, uncountable 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 the window to let some air in.
2. countable, uncountable An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window. 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
3. countable, uncountable The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
4. countable, figuratively, uncountable A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity. launch window
5. countable, figuratively, uncountable Something that allows one to see through or into something. His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life.
6. countable, uncountable A restricted range. 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. countable, uncountable 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.
8. countable, uncountable A figure formed of lines crossing each other. till he has windows on his bread and butter
9. countable, uncountable The time between first infection and detectability.
10. historical, uncountable Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)
11. countable, uncountable A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
12. countable, uncountable A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window. […]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[…]

Similar: glass

verb windows · windowing · windowed

1. transitive To furnish with windows.
2. transitive To place at or in a window. Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck?
3. transitive To apply a window function to (a signal).