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aperture

[ap-er-cher] / ˈæp ər tʃər /


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They will come with an improved camera that allows users to adjust the lens aperture.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Synthetic aperture radar operates by transmitting microwave pulses from a moving satellite or aircraft toward Earth's surface and then combining the returning signals into detailed images.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

In the video’s limited aperture, Gamble’s arrest alongside a suburban highway could have been anywhere.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

“There’s a new one here!” the woman called Frau Mikes called through the aperture.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

To open it up to the street, the architects chose the motif of “frames, apertures and doorways.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Fractions of a second count and he can change apertures and focuses with a flick of his finger without taking his eyes from his quarry.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

Multi-layer soft materials first generate a rough mechanical conformation to the substrate, reducing leaking apertures to just micrometres.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2024

Despite the collection of doors and apertures in the set, the actors’ bodies inhabit it in limited ways.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

At the far end was the stone wall of the corrals, with apertures in the stone that were like loopholes running all along the face of each corral.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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