Definition of aperture

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Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall..

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Trompil :: Trompil (n.) An aperture in a tromp.
Stoma :: Stoma (n.) One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes.
Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated..
Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..
Peristome :: Peristome (n.) The lip, or edge of the aperture, of a spiral shell..
Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Stomatopod :: Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed..
Vertigo :: Vertigo (n.) Any one of numerous species of small land snails belonging to the genus Vertigo, having an elongated or conical spiral shell and usually teeth in the aperture..
Peritreme :: Peritreme (n.) The edge of the aperture of a univalve shell.
Vial :: Vial (n.) A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine..
Burette :: Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock..
Apertion :: Apertion (n.) The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.
Fatiscence :: Fatiscence (n.) A gaping or opening; state of being chinky, or having apertures..
Vent :: Vent (v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to..
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) Either one of the two apertures in the calamus of a feather.
Clepsydra :: Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix..
Labium :: Labium (n.) Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
Subnascent :: Subnasal (a.) Situated under the nose; as, the subnasal point, or the middle point of the inferior border of the anterior nasal aperture..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity..
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