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fenestration.

Noun
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MEANING

1. The arrangement or design of windows and other openings in a building.

2. The surgical formation of an opening in a bodily structure.

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  • façade fenestration
  • irregular fenestration

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Irregular fenestration disturbed the façade’s symmetry.
The architect studied the building’s fenestration.

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fenestration

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Primary category: architecture. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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