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8-letter words (1 found)

APERTURE,

7-letter words (5 found)

EPURATE,PARTURE,PEARTER,RAPTURE,TAPERER,

6-letter words (17 found)

EPATER,PARTER,PARURE,PERTER,PRATER,REAPER,REPEAT,REPURE,REPUTE,RETAPE,RETEAR,TEARER,TERRAE,UPRATE,UPREAR,UPTEAR,URETER,

5-letter words (35 found)

APERT,APTER,ARERE,ARETE,ARRET,EATER,ERUPT,ETAPE,PARER,PAREU,PATER,PEARE,PEART,PEREA,PETAR,PETER,PETRE,PRATE,PRUTA,PUREE,PURER,RAPER,RAREE,RATER,REATE,RUPEE,TAPER,TARRE,TAUPE,TERRA,TRAPE,TRUER,UPTER,URARE,URATE,

4-letter words (41 found)

APER,ARET,PARE,PARR,PART,PATE,PATU,PEAR,PEAT,PEER,PERE,PERT,PRAT,PRAU,PREE,PUER,PURE,PURR,RAPE,RAPT,RARE,RATE,RATU,REAP,REAR,RETE,RUER,RURP,TAPE,TAPU,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEER,TEPA,TRAP,TREE,TRUE,TURR,UPTA,UREA,

3-letter words (40 found)

APE,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,AUE,EAR,EAT,EAU,ERA,ERE,ERR,ETA,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEE,PER,PET,PRE,PUR,PUT,RAP,RAT,REE,REP,RET,RUE,RUT,TAE,TAP,TAR,TAU,TEA,TEE,TUP,URE,URP,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (15 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,EE,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,UP,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 155 words from aperture according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aperture

aperture

Etymology

From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) +‎ -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix). Doublet of overture.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈap.ə.t͡ʃə/, /ˈap.ə.tjʊə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæp.ɚˌt͡ʃʊɹ/, /ˈæp.ɚ.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈæp.ɚˌtjʊɹ/, /ˈæp.ɚˌtʊɹ/
  • Rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ), -æpə(ɹ)tjʊə(ɹ), -æpə(ɹ)tʃʊə(ɹ)

Noun

aperture (plural apertures)

  1. A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
    Hyponym: piriform aperture
  2. (optics) A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
    1. (astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
      Hyponym: angular aperture
  3. (space flight, 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.
  4. (mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.

Usage notes

The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture.

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References

  • “aperture”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “aperture”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

  • “aperture”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “aperture”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertūra (“opening”). Doublet of ouverture.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pɛʁ.tyʁ/

Noun

aperture f (uncountable)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) opening, openness, aperture

Related terms

  • apéritif
  • ouvrir

Further reading

  • “aperture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.perˈtu.re/
  • Rhymes: -ure
  • Hyphenation: a‧per‧tù‧re

Noun

aperture f

  1. plural of apertura

Anagrams

  • reputare, reputerà

Latin

Participle

apertūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of apertūrus

Spanish

Verb

aperture

  1. inflection of aperturar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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