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Window

Definition: Window

Window

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. A pane in a window; "the ball shattered the window".

6. An opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air); "he stuck his head in the window".

7. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "window" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Etymology: Window \Win"dow\, noun. [from Old English expression windowe, windoge, Icelandic vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Danish vindue. See Wind, noun, and Eye.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Window

DomainDefinition

Aerospace

1. Any device introduced into the atmosphere for producing an appreciable radar echo, usually for tracking some airborne device or as a tracer of wind. 2. A World War II code name for a type of radar-jamming device employed to confuse the operators of enemy radars (also referred to by the code names of rope, chaff , and clutter ). One type of window consists of packages containing thousands of small strips of paperbacked tinfoil which may be dropped from aircraft and balloons, ejected from rockets, and carried within balloons. The packages burst open upon ejection, scattering the tinfoil widely, producing a radar echo which looks like a small shower or a tight formation of aircraft on plan-position-indicator scopes.3. Any gap in a linear continuum, as atmospheric windows , ranges of wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum to which the atmosphere is transparent, or firing windows , intervals of time during which conditions are favorable for launching a spacecraft on a specific mission. (references)

Bible

Window properly only an opening in a house for the admission of light and air, covered with lattice-work, which might be opened or closed (2 Kings 1:2; Acts 20:9). The spies in Jericho and Paul at Damascus were let down from the windows of houses abutting on the town wall (Josh. 2:15; 2 Cor. 11:33). The clouds are metaphorically called the "windows of heaven" (Gen. 7:11; Mal. 3:10). The word thus rendered in Isa. 54:12 ought rather to be rendered "battlements" (LXX., "bulwarks;" R.V., "pinnacles"), or as Gesenius renders it, "notched battlements, i.e., suns or rays of the sun"= having a radiated appearance like the sun. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Building & Civil Engineering

A building component normally in the form of a glazed frame which closes an opening in a wall or a roof; its principal function is to let in daylight. Source: European Union. (references)

Computing

A predefined part of a virtual space. Source: European Union. (references)

Dream Interpretation

To see windows in your dreams, is an augury of fateful culmination to bright hopes. You will see your fairest wish go down in despair. Fruitless endeavors will be your portion.
To see closed windows is a representation of desertion. If they are broken, you will be hounded by miserable suspicions of disloyalty from those you love.
To sit in a window, denotes that you will be the victim of folly. To enter a house through a window, denotes that you will be found out while using dishonorable means to consummate a seemingly honorable purpose.
To escape by one, indicates that you will fall into a trouble whose toils will hold you unmercifully close.
To look through a window when passing and strange objects appear, foretells that you will fail in your chosen avocation and lose the respect for which you risked health and contentment. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Electrical Engineering

An aperture produced in a silicon-oxide layer covering a semiconductor surface; used to define a diffusion mask or to enable electrical contact to be made to the surface. Source: European Union. (references)
 The ordered set of W consecutive packet send sequence numbers P(S)of the data packets authorised to cross the DTE/DCE interface of a logical channel used for a virtual call or permanent virtual circuit and for each direction of transmission. Source: European Union. (references)
 Glass, plastic or other transparent material used to cover collector-absorber plate so that the solar energy is "trapped" by the greenhouse effect. Source: European Union. (references)

Energy

A generic term for a glazed opening that allows daylight to enter into a building and can be opened for ventilation. (references)

Finance

Short-lived opportunity to issue securities that may be taken up by any of a significant number of highly rated borrowers. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Transparent spot in paper, developed during glazing or calendering. Source: European Union. (references)
 A patch accidentally not ground on a ground surface. Source: European Union. (references)

Language

The cut-out area on the face of a container, usually covered with a transparent film, for the purpose of rendering the contents visible. Windows are sometimes mesh covered. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Window (Norwegian, vindue.) A French window opens like folding doors; a sash window is in two parts, called sashes, one or both of which are made to slide up and down about half way. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Math

A graph having a weight, or number, associated with each edge. Some algorithms require all weights to be nonnegative, integral, positive, etc. (references)

Meteorology & Standards

That portion of a detector which is designed to facilitate the penetration of the required radiation. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

An eroded area of a thrust sheet that displays the rocks beneath it.Syn:fenster. (references)

Post & Telecom

In X. 25:ordered set of window consecutive packet send sequence numbers of the data packets authorized to cross the interface. Source: European Union. (references)
 Thin strips of metal which may be dispensed from an aircraft or rocket to provide radar echoes. Source: European Union. (references)
 In this context, the specific part of the radiofrequency spectrum on which are located the emissions of the considered radar systems. Source: European Union. (references)

Public Administration

Computations for nonprinting calculators. . . are shown by lighted figures in a -- directly above the keyboard. . . . . results appear in the window dials as soon as the figures are entered into the machine. Source: European Union. (references)
 A hole for coupling a cavity or waveguide to another cavity or waveguide. Source: European Union. (references)

Science

Term used to denote a region of the electromagnetic spectrum where the atmosphere does not absorb radiation strongly. (references)

Transportation

In cabin aircraft the -- must be so arranged that they can be readily cleaned or easily opened. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Window

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

One might be looking for window (computing) =Opening in Wall= A window is an opening in the wall of a building that allows light to enter a room and people to see out. At previous times in history they were merely small oval or square holes in the walls.

Very early windows were shielded with hide or cloth stretched over the opening or wooden shutters. Later on two different types of windows were invented: mullioned glass windows, which multiple very small pieces of glass joined together with leading, and paper windows. Mullioned glass windows were the windows of choice among European riches, whereas paper windows were so economical and widely used in ancient China and Japan. In England glass only became common in the windows of ordinary homes in the early 17th century. Modern-style floor-to-ceiling windows only became possible after the industrial glass-making process was perfected.

Modern windows are customarily large glassed-in rectangles or squares. Churches traditionally have stained glass windows.

Today a window can be made in any shape and size desired.

Windows Styles

Modern windows come in many styles. These include: The terms "single-light" or "double-light" (or "'more'-light") refer to the number of glass panes in a window.

Meaning of "Window"

The word Window dates back to Old Norse "Wind Eye"; opening to the air.

The beam or arch over the top of a window is known as the lintel or transom.

see also: The window cleaner, Windex. =Astronomical Window= In astronomy, an atmosphere can have a window for portions of the electromagnetic spectrum; that is, those wavelengths which pass through the atmosphere are said to "pass through a window".

=World War II= Window was the WWII UK codename for a system intended to confuse German radar. It consisted of huge volumes of aluminium foil strips cut to a length corresponding to the radar wavelength which were dropped from aircraft so producing huge numbers of spurious echoes. A modern corresponding technique is "chaff". Other radar confusing techniques included Mandrel, Piperack and Jostle.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Window."

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Window (computing)

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In computing, a window is a portion of a computer screen, usually rectangular in shape, showing the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes. The size and position can normally be adjusted, for example covering the whole screen, or half the screen, allowing another non-overlapping window using the other half, etc. Windows are a popular feature (or widget) in several graphical user interfaces. The X Window System and Microsoft Windows are named after this feature.

In computer networking, a window is the amount of data that can be transported before a source must give an acknowledgement (ACK) to the sender.

See also Window manager.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Window (computing)."

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Window function

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Window functions are applied to avoid discontinuities at the beginning and the end of a set of data. The smaller these discontinuities are, the faster the side slopes drop.

The maximum order of derivative which is zero at the ends determines the asymptotic behaviour:

There is an intrinsic trade-off problem between:

and

The following windows are normalized for a MDCT on the range of [-1,+1].

Non-power-preserving analysis windows

Rectangular windows

Full size window. Actually this is a MDCT without window.

f(x) = 1 for |x| < 1 , 0 otherwise

Sometimes also written as

f(x) = sqrt(1/2) for |x| < 1 , 0 otherwise

Half size window. Actually this is a DCT Type ???

f(x) = 1 for |x| < 1/2 , 0 otherwise

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Image of f(x) and spectral resolution

Triangular (aka Bartlett) window

f(x) = 1 - |x| for |x| < 1, 0 otherwise

Image of f(x) and spectral resolution

Hamming/van Hann window

f(x) = a0 - a1 * cos(w)

van Hann window: a0 = , a1 = hamming window: a0 = , a1 =

Blackman/Blackman Harris windows

f(x) = a0 - a1 * cos(w) + a2 * cos(2w) - a3 * cos(3w)

Blackman: a0 = , a1 = , a2 = , a3 = Blackman Harris: a0 = , a1 = , a2 = , a3 = Blackman Nuttall: a0 = , a1 = , a2 = , a3 =

Bartlett-Hann Window

Mixture of Barlett and van Hann window:

f(x) = a0 - a1 * cos(w) - a2 * |x|

a0 = , a1 = , a2 =

Bessel window

f(x) =

Power-preserving analysis windows

Sine window

f(x) = sin(w/2)

Kaiser-Bessel-derived (KBD) window

For 0 <= x <= 1:

f(x) = Int

For x > 1:

f(x) = 0

For x < 0:

f(x) = f(-x)

(See Kaiser window.)

Other power-preserving windows

Multiple overlap windows

When using FFT or DCT for spectral analysis a sample belongs to oneanalysis window. When using windowing, samples at the boundaries are attenuated.

To reduce the effect that these samples become less important for the result, normally windows are overlapped. So samples between two blocks are attenuated, but they belong to two blocks: their influence is still (nearly) the same as samples which are not attenuated. But it is possible to overlap more than two windows. This typically makes the transition band between main slope and side slopes smaller.

Triple overlapped cosine window

The normal cosine windows do not preserve the power of the signal. Samples which are exactly between two blocks are attenuated by 6 dB, i.e. their power is reduced by a factor of 0.25. The overlapping reduces this to a factor of 0.5.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Window function."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Window

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
WIDRAMEnglishWindow Identifier Random Access MemoryN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Window

Synonym: windowpane (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Window

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Airpipe

Screen, window screen.'

Curvature

Carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary, festoon; conchoid, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window.

Defense

Bulletproof window.

Discord

Get into hot water, fish in troubled waters, brawl; kick up a row, kick up a dust; turn the house out of window.

Opening

Embrasure, window, casement; abatjour; light; sky light, fan light; lattice; bay window, bow window; oriel; dormer, lantern.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Window

English words defined with "window": bay window, Blank window, bow windowcar window, Compass windowdisplay window, Dormant window, dormer window, Double window, double-hung windowGable window, Gemel windowJesse windowlancet window, louvered window, Low side window, Lunette windoworiel windowpicture window, pivoting windowrear window, rose windowShot window, show window, sliding window, stained-glass window, Stool of a window, storm windowticket window, transom windowVenetian windowWheel window, Window back, Window blind, Window bole, Window box, Window frame, window lock, window sash, window screen, Window seat, Window shade, Window shell, Window sill, Window stool. (references)
Specialty definitions using "window": a double-glazed window, Abstract Window Toolkit, AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLER-SERVICER HELPER, WINDOW UNIT, AIR-CONDITIONING INSTALLER-SERVICER, WINDOW UNIT, Aladdin's Windowbascule windowcamera window, CLEANER, WINDOWdiscount window, double-glazed window, double-glazed window units, drive-in windowGeographic Update System for X WindowHeat Absorbing Window Glasslaunch windowmesh size of a square meshed pan or windowNetwork extensible Window SystemPericardial Window Techniques, pivot hung window, Plasma WindowReflective Window Films, refrigerated windowSash Window, Smart Window, Super Windowwindow dial, window manager, WINDOW PEEPER, Window RAM, Window Random Access Memory, window shopping, window system, window with couterbalanced lights one horizontal sliding esX Window, X Window System. (references)
Etymologies containing "window": Windowy. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Window" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Tagalog (window).

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Modern Usage: Window

DomainUsage

Screenplays

There's been a lamp burning in the window for ya, honey (His Girl Friday; writing credit: Ben Hecht; Charles MacArthur)

I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you follow me. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

I unclog my nose in your direction, sons of a window dresser (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

I'm driving down the road with your head stuck in my window. What does it look like I'm doin' (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

A woman could cut off your penis while you're sleeping and toss it out the window of a moving car. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

Lyrics

As he came into the window (Smooth Criminal; performing artist: Alien Ant Farm)

And a seat, know why? the window cause I like to see (If I Could Go; performing artist: Angie Martinez)

Tap on your window pane (Until You Come Back To Me; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

A face through a window cryin' in the night, (Mandy; performing artist: Barry Manilow)

Hidden behind the window and the door (Good; performing artist: Better Than Ezra)

Clever

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Bank Drive-In Window Blocked by Board (references; author: unknown)

When God closes a door, He opens a window. (references; author: unknown)

You are an engineer if you window shop at Radio Shack. (references; author: unknown)

Honk If You've Never Seen An Uzi Fired From A Car Window. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Last Turkey in the Shop Window (1974)

Open Window (1972)

Window Pains (1967)

Shadow on the Window (1957)

Rear Window (1954)

Song Titles

Come To My Window (performing artist: Melissa Etheridge)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Window

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2001 Report on Household Window Cleaners: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Household Window Cleaners in Asia (reference)

  • The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Curtains Window Furnishings (reference)

  • The World Market for Wallpaper, Wall Coverings, and Paper Window Transparencies in Rolls or Sheets: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Californian Catholicism (The Religious Contours of California: Window to the World's Religions, vol 1) (reference)

  • More Splash Than Cash Window Treatments: Over 250 Ideas, Inspirations, and Techniques for Beautiful Windows (reference)

  • The Mitford Years: At Home in Mitford / A Light in the Window / These High, Green Hills / Out to Canaan (Four-Volume Set) (reference)

  • The Mitford Years Box Set, Volumes 1-6: At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, These High, Green Hills, Out to Canaan, A New Song, and A Common Life (reference)

  • A Library of Unfortunate Events (Books 1-9: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, and The Carnivorous Carnival) [Shrink Wrapped] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Window

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Photo Album: Window

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

An older woman stands in a yellow bathroom between a shower and a window, wrapped in a blue towel, drying off. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

A young black woman dressed in a brown leather jacket is seen through the side window of a red car, her arm resting on the open window. There are various angles. See artwork: OCC-04. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Doi in Aft Payload Bay Window. Credit: NASA.

Measuring through house on Pasadena Base Line selected to pass through window and out other side Base line length was over 20 miles Base line party of Clement L. Garner. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A last look at South Pole Station out a window of the C-130. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

TED's for sale. Although early in their development use of TED's were resisted, they are now a routine part of any shrimp trawl vessel. TEDS are shown for sale in the window of this Biloxi marine outfitter. Credit: Fisheries.

NSSL Doppler with rainshaft nearby. If you don't believe the radar, look out the window. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Close-up of a Serpulid worm's crown taken through the window of Hydrolab. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Window in Stoddard HouseSilver CityArcheologyLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: I.S. Graetzer.

Visitors of the NHOTIC at viewing window. Credit: BLM Staff.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Window
 

"Window view" by Marcin Sobolew
Commentary: "View from my flat in Gdynia, POLAND on Gulf of Gdansk."
"Old Window in Dresden/Germany" by Robert Schöller
Commentary: "An old window in Dresden/Germany."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Window".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Windshield; car window; automobile window; breaking glass; smashing.Tweet; tweeting; glass; window.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Window

AuthorQuotation

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within.

Stanislaw J. Lec

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.

Steven Wright

I drove past a gas station the other day. There were two signs in the window; "Help Wanted", "Self Service". So, I went in and hired myself. Made myself the boss. I took all the money and I left.

Timothy Dwight

The Bible is a window in this prison-world, through which we may look into eternity.

Walt Whitman

A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Window

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

There were the pencilled marks and memorandums on the wainscot by the window.

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

The Lord Chancellor recovered himself with a great effort, and pointed to the open window.

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

The idea being an alarming one, he scrambled out of bed, and groped his way to the window.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Roger Chillingworth had by this time approached the window, and smiled grimly down

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

*(4) (r)To break a pane by means of a plaster of mastic, which, sticking to the window, holds the glass and prevents noise

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The veiled windless hour had passed and behind the panes of the naked window the morning light was gathering

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Joad got out and stood beside the cab window.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Her Imperial Majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me, and gave me out of the window her hand to kiss

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

I walked about the outside, at first unobserved from within, the window was so deep and high

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Window

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

It functions like a window that controls and focuses the entry of light into the eye. (references)

Anti-HBc testing may currently be eliminating as many as one-third of HIV window period units. (references)

Implementation of newer, unlicensed anti-HCV tests (HCV 3.0) is expected to reduce this 4-week window period. (references)

Business

Turkey's window frame market is around 5 million units annually. (references)

Limited fixed-line penetration created a window of opportunity for mobile operators. (references)

In the Netherlands, for example, most households will do without any window curtains. (references)

Economic History

Australia

This window of opportunity for U.S. firms could close by the end of 2001. (references)

Italy

Show Windows and Flyers: Show window advertising is extensively used in Italy. (references)

Nepal

Although one such license was issued in 1994, the recipient failed to begin broadcasting within the 6-year window. (references)

Human Rights

Bulgaria

While police were raiding a restaurant in Sofia, Mironov tried to escape through a bathroom window. (references)

Zimbabwe

Many of the farmhouses were uninhabitable after the roofs were destroyed and door and window frames were removed. (references)

Georgia

Mikia "fell" from a window in police headquarters and reportedly told witnesses before he died that the police had thrown him from the window. (references)

Minorities

Russia

On April 17 in Chekhov, in the Moscow oblast, unknown perpetrators threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the home where an evangelical Christian church meets, burning down the building. (references)

Germany

In July 2000, three Kosovar Albanian children were injured when a firebomb was thrown through the window of the shelter for asylum seekers where they were staying in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. (references)

Slovak Republic

Also in March in Bratislava, a window in a Hungarian-speaking high school was broken and the slogans "Hungarians Go Home" and "Disband the SMK" were spraypainted on a statue of Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi. (references)

Political Economy

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Central Bank can modify bank reserve requirements but rarely does so. Banks resort to the discount window of the Central Bank only rarely. (references)

ECUADOR

The legislation envisaged a six-month window for holders of sucres to exchange their liabilities into dollars at the rate of 1 dollar to 25,000 sucres. (references)

Trade

Guatemala

Guatemala operates a one-stop window for the granting of export permits. (references)

Travel

Cote D'ivoire

Business travelers should bring travelers checks or withdraw cash on a credit card at the teller window in a bank. (references)

Brazil

Fares are inexpensive and sometimes a table used to adjust fares is posted on the inside of the taxi's rear window. (references)

Women

Bangladesh

Often the perpetrator flings the acid in through an open window during the night, making cases difficult to prove. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Window

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

There's nothing I love better than going through a drive-thru window on a cold day, getting that perfectly balanced bag, setting it between my legs and driving away while that mothering heat radiates through my lower extremities.

Rush Limbaugh

Executive Window Wiper Extraordinaire: Where Russia is stimulating their economy by slashing the socialist tax burden, Britain is going for symbolism over substance.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Window

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Go to her house some night, and maybe you'll see her silhouette against the window as she walks the floor talking softly, soothing a child in her arms--Mother Hale of Harlem, and she, too, is an American hero.

George Bush

1989-1993A President is neither prince nor pope, and I don't seek a window on men's souls.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Window

"Window" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.93% of the time. "Window" is used about 10,574 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.93%10,567881
Noun (proper)0.06%6143,867
                    Total100.00%10,574N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Window

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "window".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ArabN/ABiblical

A window

HelonN/ABiblical

Window

HilenN/ABiblical

A window

HolonN/ABiblical

A window

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Window

Expressions using "window": a storm window or double window a window seat abstract Window Toolkit arched window back window bank window barred window bascule window bay window Blank window blind window bow window break a window Brewster window bulletproof window camera window car window casement window close the window compass window cover window dead window dialog window display window door or window Dormant window dormer window Double window double window mounted on a single frame double window mounted on two frames False window Fan window fling the window open french window Gable window Gemel window inner window inspection window Jesse window lancet window lattice window louvered window Low side window Lunette window Marigold window mesh size of a square meshed pan or window network extensible Window System observation window open the window oriel window oval window overhead window oxide window Pericardial Window Techniques picture window pivot hung window pivoting window press one's face to the window projected window put in the window rear window refrigerated window resonant window rose window round window sash window screen window shop window shot window show window sliding window small window spectral window stool of a window store window storm window tap at the window ticket window transom window turn the house out of window venetian window view from the window wheel window window back window blind window bole window box window cleaner window decorator window dial window display window dresser window dressing window envelope window frame window garden window gardening window glass window jamming window ledge window lintel. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "window": window-and, window-based, window-blind, window-box, window-boxes, window-breaking, window-bursting, window-case, window-catch, window-catches, window-cleaner, window-cleaners, window-cleaning, window-compliant, window-curtain, window-display, window-dress, window-dresser, window-dressers, window-dressing, window-frame, window-frames, window-fronted, window-gap, window-gazing, window-glass, window-glazed, window-glazing, window-grammar, window-grilles, window-hole, window-icon-mouse-pop-up, window-ledge, window-ledges, window-like, window-lock, window-motif-based, window-mountable, window-mounting, window-oblongs, window-on-the-world, window-pane, window-panes, window-rail, window-revels, window-seat, window-seats, window-shaking, window-shop, window-shopper, window-shoppers, window-shopping, window-shopping expedition, window-shutters, window-sill, window-sills, window-sized, window-slots, window-smashing, window-space, window-spaces, window-square, window-stickers, window-suits, window-table, window-to, window-to-window, window-type, window-washing.

Ending with "window": bay-window, picture-window, shop-window, time-window, X-window.

Containing "window": cabin-window trim panels.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Window

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

window xp

40,294

window air conditioner

1,376

window media player

20,466

window media player 9

1,372

window

13,176

pella window

1,328

window update

12,552

microsoft window

1,290

window treatment

4,572

window tinting

1,239

window washer

3,716

2003 server window

1,227

window blind

3,531

window tint

1,193

window 98

3,220

active authorware media window x

1,140

window media

3,127

window ce

1,136

window 2000

3,052

andersen window

1,128

window messenger

2,972

microsoft window update

1,094

anderson window

2,743

window media player 6.4

1,066

window box

2,568

window nt

1,016

theme for window xp

2,552

window shades

1,010

replacement window

2,388

window theme

1,006

window utility

2,216

window media player download

993

window me

1,551

2003 window

930

stained glass window

1,497

window wallpaper

893

window covering

1,443

longhorn window

878

window installer

1,417

house window

850
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Window

Language Translations for "window"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

venster (show window). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

dritare. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

شباك (network, wicket), ‏نافذة (light, overture), ‏لوح زجاجي (pane, window pane), ‏صمام (valve), ‏شباك. (various references)

   

Asturian

  

ventana. (various references)

   

Aymara

  

t'ojho. (various references)

   

Basque

  

leiho, lehiatilaren, lehiatila. (various references)

   

Bemba

  

iwindo. (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

ksiistsikómmsstaan. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

витрина (