fenestration
Americannoun
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the design and disposition of windows and other exterior openings of a building.
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Furniture. an ornamental motif having the form of a blind arcade or arch, as in medieval cabinetwork.
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Medicine/Medical, Surgery.
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a perforation in a structure.
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an operation to effect such an opening.
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Also called Lempert operation. Also called fenestration operation,. the creation of an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear to restore hearing loss from otosclerosis.
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noun
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the arrangement and design of windows in a building
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a surgical operation to restore hearing by making an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear
Etymology
Origin of fenestration
1840–50; < Latin fenestrāt ( us ) ( see fenestrated) + -ion
Vocabulary lists containing fenestration
Example Sentences
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An unusually prompt reply came from Frank Lloyd Wright’s secretary, Eugene Masselink, emollient over the siting and fenestration but anxious about the financing of the project:
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2021
The fenestration on the leaves is beautiful; I just love that plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
But below, in the official rooms of the residence, two fresh, cut trees are already in full regalia, the larger a towering 15-foot fir softening the gridded fenestration of Oswald Ungers’s magnificent contemporary architecture.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2015
The twin towers and intricate fenestration incorporate a mix of styles: art deco features mingle with art nouveau and Jugendstil styles in a striking, if overwrought entrance.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2012
Paris had at one leap risen twenty-five feet higher than Noyon, and even at Noyon, the architect, about 1150, had been obliged to invent new fenestration.
From Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Adams, Henry
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