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oval window
noun
, Anatomy.
- an oval opening at the head of the cochlea, connecting the middle and inner ear, through which sound vibrations of the stapes are transmitted.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oval window1
First recorded in 1675–85
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Example Sentences
The bright street below the oval window was empty and quiet.
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Through the oval window glared an expression of malignity that made no impression whatever on his preoccupied mind.
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I saw also that the room had four small oval window openings.
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They were skirting the coast; through the little oval window Luisa could see the banks, the houses, the trees slipping by.
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The oval window and door of the chart-room were blue-yellow from the tube-lights inside.
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