aperture
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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
The outcome is a virtual synthetic aperture that is far larger than any individual sensor.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
Squeezing through its aperture, it’s easy to reflect on the winnowing that happens at the end of our days, as physical, mental and other abilities slowly fade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The dish, one of the most distinctive landmarks on the Fairbanks skyline, had been erected to collect data from satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar of Walt McCandless’s design.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing aperture
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