aperture
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One of Sentinel-3C's most important instruments, its synthetic aperture radar altimeter, is designed to measure the height of the ocean surface with high precision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
They will come with an improved camera that allows users to adjust the lens aperture.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The analyst also points to rising competitive pressure, with one rival now selling sonar systems independently and customers questioning the “cost of synthetic aperture sonar relative to the rapidly falling costs of autonomous vessels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
In the video’s limited aperture, Gamble’s arrest alongside a suburban highway could have been anywhere.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt grey wolf.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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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
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
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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