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Aperture

Aperture Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Aperture? [n] an opening; usually small [n] a device that controls amount of light admitted [n] an opening in something Synonyms \| Synonyms for Aperture: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Aperture: access \| aisle \| alley \| ambulatory \| arcade \| artery \| avenue \| bore \| breach \| break \| broaching \| cavity \| channel \| chasm \| check \| chink \| clearing \| cleft \| cloister \| colonnade \| communication \| conduit \| connection \| corridor \| covered way \| crack \| crevice \| cut \| defile \| disclosure \| discontinuity \| exit \| fenestra \| ferry \| fissure \| fistula \| fontanel \| foramen \| ford \| gallery \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gat \| gulf \| hiatus \| hole \| hollow \| inlet \| interchange \| intersection \| interstice \| interval \| junction \| lacuna \| lane \| laying open \| leak \| opening \| opening up \| orifice \| outlet \| overpass \| pass \| passage \| passageway \| perforation \| pinhole \| pore \| portico \| prick \| puncture \| railroad tunnel \| rupture \| slash \| slit \| slot \| space \| split \| stoma \| throwing open \| traject \| trajet \| tunnel \| uncorking \| underpass \| unstopping \| vent \| yawn See Also \| camera \| embouchure \| hole \| micropyle \| mouthpiece \| opening \| photographic camera \| pore \| pupil \| regulator \| scope \| stoma \| telescope Aperture In Webster's Dictionary \Ap"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire. See {Aperient}.] 1. The act of opening. [Obs.] 2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall. An aperture between the mountains. --Gilpin. The back aperture of the nostrils. --Owen. 3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture. Note: The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100[deg] aperture.

Aperture Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aperture?

[n] an opening; usually small
[n] a device that controls amount of light admitted
[n] an opening in something

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aperture:

Aperture In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. apertura, fr. aperire.
See {Aperient}.]
1. The act of opening. [Obs.]

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a
   passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

         An aperture between the mountains.    --Gilpin.

         The back aperture of the nostrils.    --Owen.

3. (Opt.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object
   glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a
   telescope of four-inch aperture.

Note: The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in
      degrees, called also the angular aperture, which
      signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light
      which the instrument transmits from the object or point
      viewed; as, a microscope of 100[deg] aperture.

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