- fenestration
- noun Date: 1846 1. the arrangement, proportioning, and design of windows and doors in a building 2. an opening in a surface (as a wall or membrane) 3. the operation of cutting an opening in the bony labyrinth between the inner ear and tympanum to replace natural fenestrae that are not functional
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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fenestration — [ fənɛstrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1900; du lat. fenestra 1 ♦ Techn. Jour, ouverture (réelle ou simulée) percés dans une cloison, une lame pleine. 2 ♦ Méd. Création d une ouverture dans la paroi d une cavité organique (notamment l oreille). ●… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Fenestration — Fen es*tra tion, n. 1. (Arch.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fenestration — (n.) 1870 in the anatomical sense, noun of action from L. fenestrare, from fenestra window, opening for light, perhaps from Etruscan. Meaning arrangement of windows is from 1846. Related: Fenestrated … Etymology dictionary
fenestration — [fen΄es trā′shən] n. [see FENESTRATED & ION] 1. the arrangement of windows and doors in a building 2. Surgery the act of perforating or making an opening, esp. into the inner ear in certain cases of otosclerosis … English World dictionary
Fenestration — The word fenestration finds its root in the Latin word for window, fenestra .;Architecture* Products that fill openings in a building envelope, such as windows, doors, skylights, curtain walls, etc., designed to permit the passage of air, light,… … Wikipedia
Fenestration — Literally, the making of a window fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window fenestration refers to the creation of a new opening. * * * 1. The presence of openings or fenestrae in a part. 2. Making openings in a dressing to allow… … Medical dictionary
fenestration — /fen euh stray sheuhn/, n. 1. the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building. 2. Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of a blind arcade or arch, as in medieval cabinetwork. 3. Med., Surg. a. a… … Universalium
Fenestration — The arrangement, proportion, and design of windows in a building. *** In simplest terms, windows or glass doors. Technically fenestration is described as any transparent or translucent material plus any sash, frame, mullion or divider. This … Energy terms
fenestration — noun a) The arrangement of windows etc in a building. b) 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. See Also: fenestrated … Wiktionary
Fenestration — Fene|stratio̱n w; , en: „Fensterung“, Fensterungsoperation, operative Herstellung eines neuen Schallwegs zum Ohrlabyrinth durch Entfernung der knöchernen Kapsel am horizontalen Bogengang … Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke
