aperture

  • 71aperture — n. [L. aperire, to open] 1. An opening or hole, cleft, or gap. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) The postero ventral opening into the mantle cavity of barnacles; see orifice. 3. (BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata) The terminal skeletal opening of a zooid. 4.… …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 72aperture — 1. An inlet or entrance to a cavity or channel. in anatomy, an open gap or hole. SEE ALSO: fossa, ostium, orifice, pore. 2. The diameter of the objective of a microscope. SYN …

    Medical dictionary

  • 73aperture — Posteroventral opening into cirriped mantle cavity [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. (Subclass Cirripedia): ( ) [Anderson, 1980]. Lepas anatifera: rostral view; and left valve and cirri removed. [Anderson, 1980] (Subclass Cirripedia): In barnacle,… …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 74Aperture — Отверстие объектива (диаметр), апертура; Кадровое окно; щель; Отверстие; Щель; Апертура; Диафрагма …

    Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

  • 75aperture — Synonyms and related words: access, aisle, alley, ambulatory, arcade, artery, avenue, bore, breach, break, broaching, cavity, channel, chasm, check, chink, clearing, cleft, cloister, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, corridor,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 76aperture — ● ►en n. f. ►AFFICH Espace mémoire virtuel contigu situé au dessus de la mémoire auquel une carte vidéo AGP acccède comme s il s agissait de mémoire normale. Les adresses en sont en fait mappées sur la mémoire physique par la GART. Parfois… …

    Dictionnaire d'informatique francophone

  • 77aperture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. opening, gap. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. opening, fissure, gap; see hole 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. opening, hole, gap, slot, orifice, stoma, crack. IV (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An open… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 78aperture — ap|er|ture [ˈæpətʃə US ˈæpərtʃur] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: apertura, from aperire to open ] 1.) formal a small hole or space in something 2.) the small hole at the front of a camera, which can be made larger or smaller to let more or… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 79aperture — ap|er|ture [ æpərtʃər ] noun count 1. ) TECHNICAL the hole in a camera that lets light in 2. ) FORMAL a small narrow hole …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 80aperture — the diameter of an opening; the diameter of the primary lens or mirror of a telescope …

    Mechanics glossary