"transfer window" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transfer windows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transfer window (plural transfer windows)
  1. (space science) A period of time during which a spacecraft orbiting one celestial body can travel to a different body and enter orbit around it without excessive expenditure of fuel or reaction mass. Categories (topical): Space
    Sense id: en-transfer_window-en-noun-HhbiagWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53 Topics: aerospace, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, space-science
  2. (soccer) A period of time during the year in which soccer players may be bought or sold between professional clubs. Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Translations (period during which transfers can be made of players between soccer clubs): Wechselperiode [feminine] (German), Transferfenster [neuter] (German), félagaskiptagluggi [masculine] (Icelandic), overgangsvindu [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), overgangsvindauga [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), overgangsvindauge [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), janela de transferências [feminine] (Portuguese), ventana de transferencias [feminine] (Spanish), transferfönster [neuter] (Swedish), övergångsfönster [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-transfer_window-en-noun-6RPIfJ1V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 53 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'period during which transfers can be made of players between soccer clubs': 43 57

Inflected forms

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