interfenestration

noun

in·​ter·​fenestration

ˌintə(r)+

1

: width of pier between two windows

2

: arrangement of windows with relation to the distance between them from axis to axis or from opening to opening

Word History

Etymology

inter- + Latin fenestratus (past participle of fenestrare to provide with openings or windows) + English -ion

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