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fenestration
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fenestration has 2 senses
- fenestration(n = noun.attribute) Array - the arrangement of windows in a building; Array is a kind of arrangement, placement
- fenestration(n = noun.act) Array - surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis; Array is a kind of operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process
CIDE DICTIONARY
fenestration, n.
- 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]
- The state or condition of being fenestrated. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fenestration, n.
1 Archit. the arrangement of windows in a building.
2 Bot. & Zool. being fenestrate.
3 a surgical operation in which a new opening is formed, esp. in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear, as a form of treatment in some cases of deafness.
1 Archit. the arrangement of windows in a building.
2 Bot. & Zool. being fenestrate.
3 a surgical operation in which a new opening is formed, esp. in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear, as a form of treatment in some cases of deafness.
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