How to Use aperture in a Sentence

aperture

noun
Definition of aperturenext
Synonyms for aperturenext
  • We entered the cave through a narrow aperture.
  • The photograph was taken using a fast shutter speed and a large aperture.
  • From within, yeah, through what can sometimes look like strange apertures on the outside.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2016
  • The key detail is the pair of arced countdown apertures at 12 o’clock.
    — Troy Patterson, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2017
  • That’s a measure of how wide their apertures will open relative to the focal length of their lenses.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 11 May 2017
  • Synthetic aperture radar allows a video camera to see through the clouds, smoke, even treetops, to find flames as well as hot soil.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • But the glossy box gleams in its careful lighting, and in the middle the aperture is a perfect circle, an eye unto the world.
    — Sonia Saraiya, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2017
  • In time, people become dependent on the emotional high of anger and unable to see the world through any other aperture.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 31 May 2017
  • In each of these cases, history has proved the naysayers wrong and shown the wisdom of broadening the aperture of service.
    — Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 26 July 2017
  • For photographs, use a lowlight wide-angle lens set at the lowest aperture - 1.8 or lower.
    — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • What’s more, the release and folding of the second row for entry and exit is rather clumsy, and the resulting aperture is quite small for passengers to maneuver through.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 19 July 2017
  • Harris’s agenda aims to widen the aperture, fostering a more inclusive space where all participants can benefit from the promise of decentralized finance.
    — Tonya Evans, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The aperture beneath the grille and bumper does that job.
    — Jason Barlow, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2023
  • For a rear sight, for all-around use, the best choice is the ghost-ring aperture.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The rear doors swing open wide, and child seats pass through the apertures with ease.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The lens has an f/1.7 aperture and a 77-degree field of view.
    — Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2021
  • That’s not to say that goes away, but there’s been a widening of the aperture.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 May 2024
  • The aperture is the opening in the camera sensor that lets in light.
    — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2018
  • With a lower aperture, the lens lets more light into the shot.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 9 Nov. 2020
  • In addition, the date aperture and the Cyclops lens have been moved to 9 o’clock.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
  • Then, set the aperture on the lens nice and wide — an F-stop of about 1.4 — to let more light hit the camera’s sensor.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 6 July 2018
  • The front camera has a 32MP sensor with an aperture of f/2.2.
    — Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • In the ceiling overhead, a larger-than-life aperture opens to the light.
    — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
  • The front camera still featured the same f/2.2 aperture all those years.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 13 June 2022
  • There’s also a double aperture for the day and the month at 12 o’clock and an analog date at 6 o’clock.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2022
  • At the very least, the iPhone 15 Pro’s primary camera has a wider aperture than the iPhone 14 Pro.
    — Florence Ion / Gizmodo, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • First, the hole (or aperture) can be much bigger than a pinhole.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 2 May 2020
  • The wide angle will have an aperture of f/1.8, while the telephoto will have f/2.8.
    — Alex Fitzpatrick, Time, 12 Sep. 2017
  • An outsized date aperture presides at the top of the dial.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
  • And with younger guys like T.I. able to seamlessly flow between grimy street records and wide aperture radio hits, Jay’s attempt felt, well, old.
    — Damien Scott, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2024

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