viewing window

See-through observation panel

A viewing window is any transparent panel designed to let you see through to something otherwise enclosed or inaccessible.

It might be the glass in an oven door, the aperture in an envelope showing the address beneath, or a display area in software showing part of a larger document.

The term emphasizes that the window exists for observation rather than passage: The camera has a small viewing window on the back.

Related

screen · display · monitor · lens · sightline · panorama · outlook · vista · peephole · observation · observation deck · browser · tab · user interface · scroll · resize · minimize · maximize

Categories
Opposites
transparency/visibility

viewing windowblank wall

privacy screen · blind spot · frosted glass · one-way mirror · curtain

access type

viewing windowdoor

Hinged room barrier

doorway · passage · portal · entryway · hatch

temporal/opportunity

viewing windowblackout period

Enforced trading suspension interval

lockout · downtime

Family

view, window, views, viewed, viewer, viewers, viewing, viewable, preview

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G