pinhole (English, noun)
expansion: pinhole (plural pinholes)
Senses:
glosses: A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin
glosses: The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A clipping of pinhole eye, which refers to the compact eye structure associated with intense tropical cyclones.
Forms:
form: pinholes
tags: plural
form: pin-hole
tags: alternative