Plural of aperture
regular plural
The plural of aperture is apertures.
Forms of aperture
| Singular | aperture /ˈap.ə.t͡ʃə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | apertures |
| Countable | countable |
Apertures in a sentence
- The 'upper' is one of nine apertures through which consciousness can leave the body at death (utkrantih).2005, Shingo Einoo, Genesis and Development of Tantra, page 128. From the entry upper
- This idea arose in view of the anomotreme pollen-grains studded with apertures.1988, Subhash Chandra Datta, Systematic Botany, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry anomotreme
- When plane waves diffract through fractal-patterned apertures, the resulting far-field profiles or diffractals also exhibit iterated, self-similar features.2015, Matthew Moocarme, Luat T. Vuong, “Robustness via Diffractal Architectures”, in arXiv. From the entry diffractals
- There are so many kinds of telescopes — so many apertures and different eyepieces and different held diameters.2000, Fred Schaaf, Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Part C, Academic Presser, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry ultraconcentration
- Said sound producing means generates a sound which is allowed to emit from said casing through said plurality of apertures.1997, Emmanuel Saint-Victor, Illuminating and Sound Producing String Activated Rotatable Toy, US Patent 6083076 (PDF version). From the entry emit
Meaning of aperture
- noun A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
- noun A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of aperture
- What is the plural of aperture?
- The plural of aperture is apertures.
- Is aperture countable?
- Aperture is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aperture (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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