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pane

Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/

The English word “pane” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
  2. A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
  3. A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
  4. A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
  5. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.
  6. A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
  7. A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
  8. One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
  9. One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
  10. A set of postage stamps of the same kind, as part of a single (printed) sheet. An individual pane might be sent to a post office for public purchase.

verb

  1. To fit with panes.

Etymology

From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.

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