Bible Dictionaries
Aperture
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
(2):
(n.) The act of opening.
(3):
(n.) The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Aperture'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/aperture.html. 1828.