windowpaneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• window pane

語源

From window +‎ pane.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/

名詞

windowpane (plural windowpanes)

1. A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
2. A fabric pattern of widely-spaced intersecting vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares.
   • 2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:

     As for patterns, solids are the most formal, followed by stripes, nailhead, and birdseye (tiny, frequent dots on a darker background; nailhead is smaller and squarer), pic-and-pic (tiny, staggered diagonal lines, like miniature staircases), herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, and glen plaid.

3. (slang) A gelatin base tab with LSD.
   • 2004, Mary M. Jensen, Introduction to Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, page 94:

     Another form is called a windowpane. Windowpanes are small thin squares of gelatin treated with LSD that look like little pieces of plastic.

   • 2011, Susana Martinez-Conde, Stephen L. Macknik, Sandra Blakeslee, Sleights of Mind:

     When you place a windowpane of LSD on your tongue and watch the world transform into a Salvador Dalí landscape of radiant colors, shimmering geometric shapes, and morphing phantasmagoria while your sense of self dissolves—

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