Editing Window (section)

{{Short description|Opening to admit light, air, or objects}}
{{Other uses|Window (disambiguation)|Windows (disambiguation)}}
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A '''window''' is an [[Hole|opening]] in a [[wall]], [[door]], [[roof]], or [[vehicle]] that allows the exchange of [[light]] and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes [[air]]. Modern windows are usually [[glazing (window)|glazed]] or covered in some other [[transparency (optics)|transparent]] or translucent [[material]], a [[Window sash|sash]] set in a frame<ref name="britannica.com" /> in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window.<ref name="Window">{{cite web| url= http://www.thefreedictionary.com/window/ |title=Window |publisher=The Free Dictionary By Farlex|access-date=May 19, 2012}}</ref> Many glazed windows may be opened, to allow [[Ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]], or closed to exclude [[inclement weather]]. Windows may have a [[Latch (hardware)|latch]] or similar [[Mechanism (engineering)|mechanism]] to [[Lock and key|lock]] the window shut or to hold it open by various amounts.

Types include the eyebrow window, fixed windows, [[hexagonal window]]s, single-hung, and double-hung sash windows, horizontal sliding [[sash window]]s, [[casement window]]s, awning windows, hopper windows, tilt, and slide windows (often door-sized), tilt and turn windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, [[jalousie]] or [[louver]]ed windows, [[clerestory]] windows, [[lancet window]]s, [[skylight]]s, [[roof window]]s, [[roof lantern]]s, [[bay window]]s, [[oriel window]]s, thermal, or [[Diocletian window|Diocletian]], windows, picture windows, [[rose window]]s, emergency exit windows, [[stained glass]] windows, French windows, panel windows, double/triple-paned windows, and [[witch window]]s.