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WIKTIONARY
window
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.
  • The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening. architecture
  • A period of time when something is available.
  • 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. graphical user interface
  • A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
  • The time between first infection and detectability. medicine
Verb
  • To furnish with windows. transitive
  • To place at or in a window. transitive