noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The box has 10 tiny apertures through which viewers can see 3-D images.
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The telescope has an aperture of 2.4 metres.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As with telescopes, the larger the aperture the greater the light-grasp, but there are hazards too.
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Binoculars of this aperture cost a great deal of money.
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Her sculptures are hybrids of organic and machine forms: cylinders punctuated with round apertures and protuberances.
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I had to get the aperture right.
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Lightning flickered in the ragged aperture where the ground-floor staircase door had been.
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The three of them watched in breathless silence as the doors reached their maximum aperture .