Definition of aperture

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Aperture (n.) The act of opening.

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Fatiscence :: Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures..
Rime :: Rime (n.) A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.
Chilostomata :: Chilostomata (n. pl.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells..
Aperture :: Aperture (n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..
Fenestra :: Fenestra (n.) A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear..
Peristome :: Peristome (n.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell..
Oscule :: Oscule (n.) One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.
Stomatopod :: Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed..
Orifice :: Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound..
Imperforated :: Imperforated (a.) Not perforated; having no opening or aperture.
Overture :: Overture () An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
Apertion :: Apertion (n.) The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.
Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..
Confessional :: Confessional (n.) The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others..
Aperture :: Aperture (n.) The act of opening.
Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
Trompil :: Trompil (n.) An aperture in a tromp.
Emissary :: Emissary (a.) Applied to the veins which pass out of the cranium through apertures in its walls.
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus..
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