Aperture
an opening, as a hole, slit, crack, gap, etc.
Also called aperture stop. Optics. an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.
Contemporary Examples
His book of essays, Photography After Frank , was recently published by aperture.
Hai Bo and China’s Photography Boom Philip Gefter January 19, 2011
Its 8-megapixel camera, inclusive of true-tone and dual-LED f/2.2 aperture flashes, features optical image stabilization.
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday Charlie Gilbert December 7, 2014
But as this image shows, the nails actually went through an aperture in the wrists.
10 Reasons the Resurrection Really Happened Jeffrey Hart April 9, 2009
His book of essays, Photography After Frank, was recently published by aperture.
Pulp Fictions Philip Gefter September 9, 2009
“Administration officials favorite phrase these days is that, ‘you have to widen the aperture,’” says Bockenfeld.
Obama To Cut Middle East Democracy Programs Jamie Dettmer January 1, 2014
Historical Examples
She held a lamp behind the folds of her skirt, and after she had entered his chamber the aperture closed noiselessly behind her.
The Hill of Venus Nathan Gallizier
Then I stops the aperture below, by putting the chest agin it.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens
In each side make an aperture two inches square that can be opened or closed at will.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox
The transom was open, leaving an aperture of about three inches.
Frank Merriwell’s Pursuit Burt L. Standish
aperture of entry (Mauser), just external to the centre of the right eyebrow; exit, above the centre of the right zygoma.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 George Henry Makins
noun
a hole, gap, crack, slit, or other opening
(physics)
a usually circular and often variable opening in an optical instrument or device that controls the quantity of radiation entering or leaving it
the diameter of such an opening See also relative aperture
n.
early 15c., from Latin apertura “an opening,” from apertus, past participle of aperire “to open” (see overt).
aperture ap·er·ture (āp’ər-chər)
n.
An opening, such as a hole, gap, or slit.
A usually adjustable opening in an optical instrument, such as a microscope, a camera, or a telescope, that limits the amount of light passing through a lens or onto a mirror.
The diameter of such an opening.
The diameter of the objective of a telescope or microscope.
ap’er·tur’al adj.
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