different between aperture vs dispute

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apert?ra (“opening”), from apertus, past participle of aper?re (“to open, uncover”), opposed to oper?re (“to close, cover”). See aperient. Doublet of overture.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æp.?.t??(?)/, /?æp.?.tj??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æp.?.t??/
• Hyphenation: ap?er?ture

Noun

aperture (plural apertures)

1. A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
   • 1860, Samuel Hannaford, Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria Chapter 7

     In the centre of the fleshy membrane is an aperture leading into a deep cavity, at the bottom of which is placed a prominent piston that may be retracted by muscular fibres provided for the purpose.
2. (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
3. (astronomy, photography) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.

4. (spaceflight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
5. (mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.

   If the generatrix makes an angle ? to the axis, then the aperture is 2?.

Usage notes

The aperture of microscopes is often expressed in degrees, called also the angular aperture, which signifies the angular breadth of the pencil of light which the instrument transmits from the object or point viewed; as, a microscope of 100° aperture.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• aperture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aperture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apert?ra (“opening”). Doublet of ouverture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p??.ty?/

Noun

aperture f (uncountable)

1. (phonetics, phonology) opening, openness, aperture

Related terms

• apéritif
• ouvrir

Further reading

• “aperture” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Noun

aperture f

1. plural of apertura

Anagrams

• reputare
• reputerà

Latin

Participle

apert?re

1. vocative masculine singular of apert?rus

Spanish

Verb

aperture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of aperturar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• (verb)
  • IPA^(key): /d?s?pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

dispute (plural disputes)

1. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
2. (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.

   • Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

Verb

dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)

1. (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
2. (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss

3. to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
   • 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.

     to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance

4. to strive or contend about; to contest
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards

5. (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist

Derived terms

• industrial dispute

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dispute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin disput?re.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.pyt/

Noun

dispute f (plural disputes)

1. dispute

Related terms

• disputer

Descendants

• ? Romanian: disput?

Further reading

• “dispute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• stupide

Italian

Noun

dispute f

1. plural of disputa

Anagrams

• stupide

Portuguese

Verb

dispute

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [di?spute]

Noun

dispute f

1. indefinite plural of disput?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]

Verb

dispute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of disputar.