pane
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ̯n/
The English word “pane” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
- A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
- A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
- A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
- 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.
- A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
- A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
- One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
- One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
- 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
- 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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