aperture
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"Synthetic aperture imaging -- the method that allowed the Event Horizon Telescope to image a black hole -- works by coherently combining measurements from multiple separated sensors to simulate a much larger imaging aperture."
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 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
A camera’s aperture widens during filming to capture the full spectacle.
From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025
A hermit crab will inspect a shell with care, running antennae and claws over its contours, before delicately lowering its rear end into the aperture.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
“We need a mechanism for sealing off the upper aperture too,” Quentin said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing aperture
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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50 Great Words from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon
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