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#: ''launch window'' #: ''launch window''
#: ''window of opportunity'' #: ''window of opportunity''
-{{GFDL}}[[Image:Belief.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Windows as elements in illustrations and paintings - Left: [[Henry Holiday|Henry Holiday's]] depiction of the Baker's uncle (in [[Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll's]] ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]'', 1876) with some of the Baker's 43 boxes. Right top: John Everett Milais: ''Christ in the House of his Parents'' (aka ''The Carpenter's Shop'', 1850, Pre-Raphaelite). Right bottom: ''Edward VI and the Pope: An Allegory of Reformation'' (mirrored view, 16<small><sup>th</sup></small> century).]]+{{GFDL}}[[Image:Belief.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Windows as elements in illustrations and paintings - Left: [[Henry Holiday|Henry Holiday's]] depiction of the Baker's uncle (in [[Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll's]] ''[[The Hunting of the Snark]]'', 1876) with some of the Baker's 42 boxes outside of the window. Right top: John Everett Milais: ''Christ in the House of his Parents'' (aka ''The Carpenter's Shop'', 1850, Pre-Raphaelite) with a flock of sheep outside of the window symbolizing the the laity). Right bottom: ''Edward VI and the Pope: An Allegory of Reformation'' (mirrored view, 16<small><sup>th</sup></small> century) with a violence scene of the reformation depicted outside of the window.]]

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  1. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
    • 1952: A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 173.
  2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
  3. A period of time when something is available.
    launch window
    window of opportunity


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Windows as elements in illustrations and paintings - Left: Henry Holiday's depiction of the Baker's uncle (in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, 1876) with some of the Baker's 42 boxes outside of the window. Right top: John Everett Milais: Christ in the House of his Parents (aka The Carpenter's Shop, 1850, Pre-Raphaelite) with a flock of sheep outside of the window symbolizing the the laity). Right bottom: Edward VI and the Pope: An Allegory of Reformation (mirrored view, 16th century) with a violence scene of the reformation depicted outside of the window.
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Windows as elements in illustrations and paintings - Left: Henry Holiday's depiction of the Baker's uncle (in Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, 1876) with some of the Baker's 42 boxes outside of the window. Right top: John Everett Milais: Christ in the House of his Parents (aka The Carpenter's Shop, 1850, Pre-Raphaelite) with a flock of sheep outside of the window symbolizing the the laity). Right bottom: Edward VI and the Pope: An Allegory of Reformation (mirrored view, 16th century) with a violence scene of the reformation depicted outside of the window.
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