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   ap·er·ture

   /ˈapərˌCHo͝or/

   noun

   • 1. an opening, hole, or gap: "the bell ropes passed through apertures in the ceiling"
   • ▪ a space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera: "a refracting telescope with an aperture of 3 inches"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin apertura, from apert- ‘opened’, from aperire ‘to open’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. apertural adjective

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