Fenestration
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Fenestration may refer to :
Architecture, construction and building[edit]
- Fenestration (architecture), refers to the design, construction, or presence of openings in a building. Fenestration includes windows, doors, louvres, vents, wall panels, skylights, storefronts, curtain walls, and slope glazed systems
Medicine and biology[edit]
- Fenestra (histology), one of the pores (fenestrae) in endothelial cells to allow rapid exchange between blood vessels and tissue
- Fenestrate leaf, which refers to either:
- Perforate leaf, which have one or many holes
- Leaf window, a translucent window on the leaf epidermis that transmits light
Other uses[edit]
- Fenestration, the practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship
See also[edit]
- Fenestra (disambiguation)
- Defenestration, the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
- National Fenestration Rating Council, an organization which measures and compares the energy performance of fenestration products
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