aperture
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Etymology: From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) + -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix). Doublet of overture and apertura.
Base: aperiō
Affixes: -tūra
Inflected forms:
form: apertures
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
pos: noun
examples: an aperture in a wall
Were the larynx of the little creature like that of the parent, the milk might—probably would—enter the windpipe and cause suffocation : but the fœtal larynx is cone-shaped, with the opening at the apex, which projects, as in the whale-tribe, into the back aperture of the nostrils, where it is closely embraced by muscles of the ‘soft palate.’
In the centre of the fleshy membrane is an aperture leading into a deep cavity, at the bottom of which is placed a prominent piston that may be retracted by muscular fibres provided for the purpose.
The door was opened — ‘on the chain.’ The old lady peered at us through an aperture of about six inches.
gloss: A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
pos: noun
gloss: A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
pos: noun
examples: This telescope has a 100 cm aperture.
gloss: The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
pos: noun
gloss: The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
pos: noun
tags: rare
examples: If the generatrix makes an angle θ to the axis, then the aperture is 2θ.
Related words: aperient
apéritif
aperitive
apert
apertion
apertly
Derived words: apertometer
apertural
aperturate
apertured
apertureless
aperture membrane
aperture priority
aperture-priority
ectoaperture
endoaperture
macroaperture
multiaperture
nanoaperture
pyriform aperture
subaperture
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: stralingsvlak
lang: Bulgarian
word: апертура
roman: apertura
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 光圈
roman: guāngquān
lang: Czech
word: clona
lang: Danish
word: blænder
lang: Dutch
word: diafragma
lang: Dutch
word: opening
lang: Finnish
word: aukko
lang: German
word: Blende
lang: Hindi
word: द्वारक
roman: dvārak
lang: Hungarian
word: blende
lang: Hungarian
word: rekesz
lang: Japanese
word: 開口
roman: kaikō
lang: Macedonian
word: отвор
roman: otvor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: irisblender
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: irisblendar
lang: Polish
word: przesłona
lang: Polish
word: przysłona
lang: Polish
word: apertura
lang: Portuguese
word: abertura
lang: Russian
word: затвор
roman: zatvor
lang: Russian
word: обтюратор
roman: obtjurator
lang: Russian
word: диафра́гма
roman: diafrágma
lang: Spanish
word: apertura
lang: Spanish
word: abertura
lang: Swedish
word: bländare
lang: Swedish
word: apertur
lang: Danish
word: blænder
lang: Dutch
word: diafragma
lang: Dutch
word: opening
lang: Finnish
word: aukon halkaisija
lang: French
word: ouverture
lang: Georgian
word: სანათური
roman: sanaturi
lang: German
word: Blendenzahl
lang: Irish
word: cró
lang: Macedonian
word: отвор
roman: otvor
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: blenderåpning
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: blendaropning
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: blendarop
lang: Polish
word: przysłona
lang: Portuguese
word: abertura
lang: Russian
word: диафра́гма
roman: diafrágma
lang: Russian
word: апертура
roman: apertura
lang: Slovene
word: apertura
lang: Spanish
word: apertura
lang: Spanish
word: abertura