windowing

[ win-doh-ing ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊ ɪŋ /

noun Computers.

simultaneous display of different portions of one or more files on a screen.

Origin of windowing

window + -ing¹

Words nearby windowing

window tax, window-dresser, window-dressing, window-shop, windowglass shell, windowing, windowless monad, windowlight, windowpane, windowpane shell, windows

Definition for windowing (2 of 2)

window

[ win-doh ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊ /

noun

an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.

such an opening with the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or any other device, by which it is closed.

the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or the like, intended to fit such an opening: Finally the builders put in the windows.

a windowpane.

anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope, displaying the address.

a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something: Investors have a window of perhaps six months before interest rates rise.

Military. chaff¹(def 5).

Geology. fenster.

Pharmacology. the drug dosage range that results in a therapeutic effect, a lower dose being insufficient and a higher dose being toxic.

Aerospace.

launch window.
a specific area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must reenter to arrive safely at its planned destination.

Computers. a section of a display screen that can be created for viewing information from another part of a file or from another file: The split screen feature enables a user to create two or more windows.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a window or windows.

Obsolete. to display or put in a window.

Origin of window

1175–1225; Middle English windoge, windowe < Old Norse vindauga, equivalent to vindr wind¹ + auga eye

OTHER WORDS FROM window

win·dow·less, adjective win·dow·y, adjective un·win·dowed, adjective well-win·dowed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for windowing

That of the Fenstern or Windowing is romantic, and perilous to boot.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 374, December, 1846 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for windowing

window

/ (ˈwɪndəʊ) /

noun

a light framework, made of timber, metal, or plastic, that contains glass or glazed opening frames and is placed in a wall or roof to let in light or air or to see through Related adjective: fenestral

an opening in the wall or roof of a building that is provided to let in light or air or to see through

See windowpane

the display space in and directly behind a shop window the dress in the window

any opening or structure resembling a window in function or appearance, such as the transparent area of an envelope revealing an address within

an opportunity to see or understand something usually unseen a window on the workings of Parliament

a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, etc

short for launch window, weather window

physics a region of the spectrum in which a medium transmits electromagnetic radiation See also radio window

computing an area of a VDU display that may be manipulated separately from the rest of the display area; typically different files can be displayed simultaneously in different overlapping windows

(modifier) of or relating to a window or windows a window ledge

out of the window informal dispensed with; disregarded

verb

(tr) to furnish with or as if with windows

Word Origin for window

C13: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr wind 1 + auga eye 1

Medical definitions for windowing

window

[ wĭn′dō ]

n.

A fenestra.

Idioms and Phrases with windowing

window

see out the window.

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windowing

noun Computers.

Origin of windowing

Words nearby windowing

Definition for windowing (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of window

OTHER WORDS FROM window

Example sentences from the Web for windowing

British Dictionary definitions for windowing

noun

verb

Word Origin for window

Medical definitions for windowing

n.

Idioms and Phrases with windowing