different between opening vs fenestration
opening
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?.p?.n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.p?.n??/
Verb
opening
- present participle of open
Derived terms
- eye-opening (adjective)
Noun
opening (plural openings)
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
- He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
- Something that is open.
- A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
- He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.
- Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
- The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
- John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
- A time available in a schedule.
- If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
- The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- We have an opening in our marketing department.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
Synonyms
- (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
- (available time): availability, slot
- (unoccupied employment position): job opening
Coordinate terms
- (opening of an art show): vernissage
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (?puningu)
Translations
Adjective
opening (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
- The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.
- (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack
Derived terms
References
- “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dutch
Etymology
From openen +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?p?n??/
Noun
opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)
- opening, gap
- the act or process of being opened
Spanish
Noun
opening m (plural openings)
- opening sequence; title sequence
opening From the web:
- what openings form the trigone
- what opening is sasageyo
- what openings does magnus carlsen play
- what opening is bluebird
- what opening does hikaru play
- what opening does alphazero play
- what opening does magnus use
- what opening is silhouette
fenestration
English
Etymology
Latin fenestratio
Noun
fenestration (countable and uncountable, plural fenestrations)
- (architecture) The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building.
- (surgery, anatomy) 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.
- (surgery, anatomy) An opening that occurs naturally or is created surgically, as through a biological membrane.
- (botany) Either a translucent area in a structure such as a leaf or flower petal, or an opening in a structure.
- 2005 S. Tucker, Australian Systematic Botany 19(3):193–210. p. 194
- The terms ‘nectar window’ and ‘fenestration’ are used interchangeably for enlarged gaps on the adaxial side of the stamen sheath or tube. The fenestrations facilitate access to the nectaries by a pollinator.
- 2016 D. W. Armitage, Systematic Botany 103(4):780–785. p. 781
- Foliar traits unique to Darlingtonia include the presence of transparent light-transmitting fenestrations, ...
- 2005 S. Tucker, Australian Systematic Botany 19(3):193–210. p. 194
- (nautical) The practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship.
Derived terms
- interfenestration
- defenestration
- microfenestration
Related terms
- fenestra
- fenestrated (having windows)
Translations
fenestration From the web:
- what fenestration mean
- what does fenestration mean
- what is fenestration in a building
- what does fenestration mean in medical terms
- what does fenestration mean in construction
- what is fenestration in plants
- what is fenestration u factor
- what is fenestration of liver cyst
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- opening vs fenestration
- freediving vs taxonomy
- snorkelers vs snorkellers
- snorkeler vs taxonomy
- snorkeler vs snorkeled
- sociophysics vs taxonomy
- pantofles vs pantobles
- plantlike vs planelike
- unconditionally vs categorically
- nonconditional vs nonconditionally
- unconditionally vs taxonomy
- conditionally vs taxonomy
- conditionall vs conditionally
- unconditionally vs largely
- orthodoxly vs taxonomy
- pothers vs potherb
- briniest vs bringest
- wringest vs bringest
- ringest vs bringest
- salmonberry vs taxonomy