How to Use aperture in a Sentence
aperture
noun- We entered the cave through a narrow aperture.
- The photograph was taken using a fast shutter speed and a large aperture.
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The large date aperture seems to steal the weight from the 12 o’clock marker, which typically anchors a watch dial along with a logo beneath it.
— Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024 -
In the moody, naturally lit film, shot mainly with one lens and one aperture, a veteran Union soldier looks concerned about whether a young recruit can hold up under fire.
— Will Tizard, Variety, 28 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 -
The key detail is the pair of arced countdown apertures at 12 o’clock.
— Troy Patterson, Bloomberg.com, 12 May 2017 -
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 -
This meant opening the aperture right up and slowing the shutter to 1/60.
— Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2013 -
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 -
According to The Verge, the phone's main camera lens has an f/1.9 aperture.
— Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2021 -
The aperture doesn't close down smaller than f/16 in this instance.
— PCMAG, 20 Apr. 2024 -
The wide-angle camera has a 78-degree field of view with an aperture of f/1.8.
— Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 19 Aug. 2021 -
To be clear, pupil size refers to the diameter of the black circular aperture in the center of the eye.
— Jason S. Tsukahara, Scientific American, 2 June 2021 -
The aperture of the Israeli campaign widened, reaching Gaza’s south.
— Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024 -
Because, by the way, this is a gun with a solid barrel; there is no aperture.
— Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 24 Nov. 2021 -
The aperture is the size of the lens opening, which affects the amount of light entering the lens (exposure).
— Adrian Wengenroth, chicagotribune.com, 11 Apr. 2021
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