fenestration
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9.5
- noun
- /ˌfɛnɪˈstreɪʃən/
- Specialized
- The modern apartment featured large fenestration, giving it a bright and airy feel throughout.
Examples
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Architects carefully design the fenestration of buildings to enhance both aesthetics and energy efficiency.
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The Minton-Capheart is more generous in its fenestration than many other signature Brutalist structures.
Blog text (25) -
The low-ceilinged enclosure, with its medieval fenestration, provided a sense of security absent since he left the attic of the family cottage.
Fiction book (1992) -
The fenestration of the Academy addition is retained, and the only visual connections between the front, side, and rear elevations of the Altes Museum are the entablature and the molding corresponding to the Ionic column bases (Fig. 7).
Academic text (1990) -
The fenestration of the new library allows plenty of natural light to enter the reading areas.
How Windowed
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3.5
- Specialized
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9.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
fenestration = fenestrate (opaque) = fenestr + ation
The combining form 'fenestr-' is not a familiar English base for most learners, so the meaning 'windows/openings' is not recoverable without technical/Latin knowledge.
Etymology
The word fenestration comes from the Latin fenestra, meaning 'window'. So fenestration in architecture is the pattern or placement of windows and openings on a building, and the word helps you remember it is all about windows and light.