"fenestration" meaning in English

See fenestration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fenestration.wav Forms: fenestrations [plural]
Etymology: Latin fenestratio Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fenestratio}} Latin fenestratio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fenestration (countable and uncountable, plural fenestrations)
  1. (architecture) The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (arrangement of windows etc in a building): aukkojen sijoittelu (Finnish), fenestraro (Ido)
    Sense id: en-fenestration-en-noun-I9-xNovX Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'arrangement of windows etc in a building': 75 6 3 10 6
  2. (surgery, anatomy) An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Surgery Translations (opening in the surface of an organ, surgical creation of such an opening): перфорация (perforacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fenestraatio (Finnish), фенестра́ция (fenestrácija) [feminine] (Russian), перфора́ция (perforácija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fenestration-en-noun-Crv7s4-U Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'opening in the surface of an organ, surgical creation of such an opening': 5 54 23 13 5
  3. (surgery, anatomy) An opening that occurs naturally or is created surgically, as through a biological membrane. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Surgery
    Sense id: en-fenestration-en-noun-q5cWMtqP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 9 34 19 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 11 33 16 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 7 55 15 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 7 38 17 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 5 44 20 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 11 43 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 9 44 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 7 49 15 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 15 8 49 15 13 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences, surgery
  4. (botany) Either a translucent area in a structure such as a leaf or flower petal, or an opening in a structure. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-fenestration-en-noun-~wVfbX5~ Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  5. (nautical) The practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-fenestration-en-noun-5W3UcULt Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: interfenestration, defenestration, microfenestration Related terms: fenestra, fenestrated (english: having windows)

Inflected forms

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