aperture
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈæpərtʃər/
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abertura
- After the storm, we noticed a small aperture in the roof where rainwater was leaking through.
- a small aperture
- a narrow aperture
- aperture opening
Guess what happens when you have a wide jaw, wide nasal apertures, a wider face.
- Guess what happens when you have a wide jaw, wide nasal apertures, a wider face.
- So we, we're trying to help people open up the aperture, try new things.
- Meanwhile, confidence swells across the aperture of singularity, whose mode is infinite Starlight and her own pleasures.
- So you know, what is the, the, the length of, of their aperture rather than the maybe the diameter or, or the sphere sphere size of it.
Examples
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So the holes are the apertures, all right.
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The old house had a large aperture in the wall, allowing fresh air to flow into the living room.
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Is it possible for you to close that aperture?
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One introduces a sample of human food through this aperture.
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Captain, photic sonar readings indicate the aperture is closing.
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There's going to be a mezzanine floor with a circular aperture, giving way to the entrance hall, all glass brick.
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Sunlight poured through the aperture as the shuttle slid forward to dock.
Fiction book (1999) -
The five senses are apertures to the outside; they are also portals to the processes of cognition.
Academic text (2000) -
Ducking through one of these glassless apertures, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Fiction book (2000) -
The photographer adjusted the aperture of the camera to capture more light in the dim room.
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in something, often made by people or nature
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1.0
A space that lets people move through, for example a door
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1.0
An open space between two things, like a pass in hills
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4.2
A narrow opening in rock or a wall where things can hide
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4.8
A narrow crack or gap in solid things like rock and clouds
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7.5
An opening that leads into a space inside the body or a pipe
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7.0
A long narrow crack in rock or the ground
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3.9
With a long narrow cut in it
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8.6
A round opening at the top of a dome that lets in light
A hole that forms when wood decays or people dig the ground
Compounds
- Specialized
An opening at the back of the nose that leads into the upper throat
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word aperture comes from the Latin verb aperire 'to open' and the form apertus 'open', the same idea as the everyday word 'open'. So, an aperture is simply an opening or hole in something that lets light, air, or other things pass through.