\▐win-(▐)dō\ n [ME windowe, fr. ON vindauga, fr. vindr wind (akin to OE wind) + auga eye; akin to OE ēage eye] (13c) A globule of incompletely plasticated material in a thermoplastic film, sheet, or molding that is visible when viewed by transmitted light. It is equivalent to Fisheye except that the term window is usually employed to indicate a clear spot in an otherwise colored or opaque material. (Rosato's Plastics Encyclopedia and Dictionary, Rosato, D. V., ed., Hanser-Gardner Publications, New York, 1992)
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Window. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_12848
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