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Definition of pane - 3 dictionary results

pane

  [peyn]
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–noun
1. one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
2. a plate of glass for such a division.
3. a panel, as of a wainscot, ceiling, door, etc.
4. a flat section, side, or surface, as one of the sides of a bolthead.
5. Philately. a sheet of stamps or any large portion of one, as a half or a quarter, as issued by the post office.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME pane, pan strip of cloth, section < MF pan < L pannus cloth; akin to OE fana flag; see vane

Related forms:
paneless, adjective

pa⋅né

  [pa-ney; Fr. pa-ney]
–adjective
(of food) prepared with bread crumbs; breaded.
Origin:
< F
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pane   (pān)   
n.  

    1. A framed section of a window or door that is usually filled with a sheet of glass or other transparent material.

    2. The transparent material used to fill such a section.

  2. A panel, as of a door or wall.

  3. One of the flat surfaces or facets of an object, such as a bolt, having many sides.


[Middle English, section, pane of glass, from Old French pan, piece of cloth, panel, from Latin pannus, cloth; see pan- in Indo-European roots.]
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