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windowing en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Old Norse vindr Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga) Old Norse auga Old Norse vindaugabor. Middle English wyndowe English window English -ing English windowing From window + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The windows of a building; fenestration.
  2. (uncountable, usually) The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.
    • NeWS was an early windowing system.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.

Forms

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Deriveds

windowing system

Translations (1)

fr fenêtrage (the windows of a building)

windowing en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Old Norse vindr Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga) Old Norse auga Old Norse vindaugabor. Middle English wyndowe English window English -ing English windowing From window + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of window
    form of window