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fenestration

[ fen-uh-strey-shuhn ]

noun

  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. Medicine/Medical, Surgery.
    1. a perforation in a structure.
    2. an operation to effect such an opening.
    3. Also called fenestration operation, the creation of an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear to restore hearing loss from otosclerosis.


fenestration

/ ˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the arrangement and design of windows in a building
  2. a surgical operation to restore hearing by making an artificial opening into the labyrinth of the ear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fenestration1

1840–50; < Latin fenestrāt ( us ) ( fenestrated ) + -ion
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Example Sentences

The fenestration of this cathedral of St. Louis reign shows the national art in its prime.

This change in the fenestration restored the building to its appearance as shown in Civil War photographs of the courthouse.

The fenestration differs in several respects from that of similar houses erected a quarter century later.

Beautifully tooled, light stone lintels with fine-scale radial scorings greatly enhance the beauty of the fenestration.

Network double, with a delicate arachnoidal fenestration, filling up the large quadrangular meshes.

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