aperture
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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
Cyclists completing the Whitehaven to Sunderland route are greeted with a view of Roker Lighthouse through an aperture, carved into a six-and-a-half-tonne slab of black granite.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
He brought out Kehlani for “Folded,” another perfectly regal ballad that revels in a small aperture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 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
Dudley hopes to conduct further experiments, perhaps with a sequence of different apertures, to determine how birds navigate multiple obstacles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
He never knows exactly what will be revealed in the resulting apertures.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022
The next three weeks were a honeycomb of determination with apertures for the days to go in and out.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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