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What is an aperture?

What is an aperture? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole
  2. (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
  3. (astronomy) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
  4. (spaceflight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
  5. (mathematics) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
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During speech, singing, or playing a wind instrument, the size of the aperture is narrowed and varied, to produce sounds of different pitch.
The widest zone begins with a belt, composed of two cords and two ribbons, geometrically ornamented, while the aperture is wavily etched.
I have a large cardboard box the size of a tea chest with an aperture in front which people can see through.
Large aperture constraints require an achromatic lens for situations needing superior image quality and color correction.
It can be converted from a right-handed weapon to a left-handed one by simply changing the bolt and casing ejector aperture.
In order to concentrate more light at the aperture, they placed a glass ball lens on the upper side of the tip prior to the assembly step.

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