Aperture

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The act of Opening.

II. Aperture ·noun An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

III. Aperture ·noun The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

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