ventipane means A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
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ventipane is pronounced /ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/.
Etymology
Compound of vent + pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.
noun
- A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.e.g.“A sliding bolt latch is attached to the ventiplane window to engage the vertical window guide, preventing the window from being forced open from the outside.” — 1933, The SAE Journal, volumes 42-43, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 450:
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