aperture
Meaning of aperture
noun
- An opening, gap, or hole, usually small and narrow
an aperture in a wall
- Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
- The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
This telescope has a 100cm aperture.
- (communications) 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.
- (of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
If the generatrix makes an angle θ to the axis, then the aperture is 2θ.
Information about aperture
- It is a name.
- The plural form of aperture is: apertures.
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Hyphenation of aperture
aper-ture
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- aperture is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of aperture
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