Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

windowing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
win-dow-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The windows of a building; fenestration.

Uncountable

noun

The use of a graphical user interface divided into windows.

Uncountable

noun

The scheduling of the exhibition and distribution of a film, involving for example a period of theatrical showings before release on home media.

Uncountable

noun

The multiplication of a signal by a window function, restricting the signal to a specific time segment.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of window

Example Sentences

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

windowings (plural)

Phrases

windowing system

Questions

What does windowing mean?
The windows of a building; fenestration.
Where does windowing come from?
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.

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