Etymology From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.
An individual sheet of glass or other transparent material in a window, door, etc.
We need doubling glazing as this window pane lets out lots of heat.
Perspex panes
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From a flying cloud came a lightning flash//A pane of the window fell in with a crash1895, Hall Caine, Graih my Chree (poem):
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Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A portion of a user interface that typically makes up part of a larger window and may be docked or snapped into position.
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A division; a distinct piece or compartment of any surface.
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A square of a checkered or plaid pattern.
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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.
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Architecture A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building.
metal panes on an outhouse
An octagonal tower is said to have eight panes.
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A subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.
way-panes
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One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides.
wooden panes of an insulation box
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One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant-cut diamond.
Etymology From Middle English pane, pan, from Old French pan, from Latin pannus, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Doublet of pagne and pannus.
These local stamps were all printed in large sheets of 240 stamps, arranged in four panes of sixty stamps each, ten rows of six1913, Alexander Joseph Sefi, The Postage Stamps of Malta:
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For example, by paning the glass horizontally (putting a single horizontal slat through the middle of the window), it almost looks as if you installed two windows.1985, Edward M. Baras, The Symphony Book, page 91: