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aperture

[ap-er-cher] / ˈæp ər tʃər /


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Expanding the receiver aperture can improve results, but only up to a certain limit.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Narrator Jodie Foster widens the film’s aperture a bit early on, referring to the period “between Watergate and the Bicentennial” as the documentary’s focus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

"I learned how to shoot at night, adjust shutter speed and aperture," said Keerthi, who lives in the Tenkasi district.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

When Elwood meets Turner, Ross begins to switch between their vantage points, widening the film’s emotional aperture in the process.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2024

Was it, I asked myself, a ray from the moon penetrating some aperture in the blind?

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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