noun
- an opening, hole, or gap
- the opening in a camera lens through which light passes
Usage: photography
Examples
- Light entered through a small aperture in the wall.
- The telescope’s aperture determines how much light it can gather.
- She adjusted the camera’s aperture for better depth of field.
- There was a narrow aperture between the rocks.
- The photographer used a wide aperture to blur the background.
- An aperture in the roof allowed rainwater to drip inside.
- The lens aperture controls the amount of light reaching the sensor.