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Definitions for Windowing

[1] simultaneous display of different portions of one or more files on a screen.
[2] 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.
[3] such an opening with the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or any other device, by which it is closed.
[4] the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or the like, intended to fit such an opening: Finally the builders put in the windows.
[5] a windowpane.
[6] anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope, displaying the address.
[7] 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.
[8] Military . chaff1(def 5) .
[9] Geology . fenster.
[10] Pharmacology . the drug dosage range that results in a therapeutic effect, a lower dose being insufficient and a higher dose being toxic.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13] to furnish with a window or windows.
[14] Obsolete . to display or put in a window.
[15] 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
[16] an opening in the wall or roof of a building that is provided to let in light or air or to see through
[17] See windowpane
[18] the display space in and directly behind a shop window the dress in the window
[19] any opening or structure resembling a window in function or appearance, such as the transparent area of an envelope revealing an address within
[20] an opportunity to see or understand something usually unseen a window on the workings of Parliament
[21] a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, etc
[22] short for launch window, weather window
[23] physics a region of the spectrum in which a medium transmits electromagnetic radiation See also radio window
[24] 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
[25] (modifier) of or relating to a window or windows a window ledge
[26] out of the window informal dispensed with; disregarded
[27] (tr) to furnish with or as if with windows

Words nearby Windowing

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

Origin of Windowing

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

Other words from Windowing

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

Word origin for Windowing

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