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Definitions of aperture
  1. noun
    a device that controls amount of light admitted
  2. noun
    a natural opening in something
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  3. noun
    an man-made opening; usually small
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Definition that contains aperture
  • stop a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  • opening an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
  • whistle the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
  • lip either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell
  • whistling the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
  • pupil the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
  • diaphragm a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
  • stigma an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
  • mouthpiece the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
  • orifice an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
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