aperture


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aperture /ˈapətʃə, -tj(ʊ)ə/
noun an opening, hole, or gap.

■ the variable opening by which light enters a camera.

– origin ME: from L. apertura, from apert-, aperire ‘to open’.
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