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aperture
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)
- 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.
- 1860, Samuel Hannaford, Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria Chapter 7
- (optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
- (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.
- (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.
- (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)
- (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
- plural of apertura
Anagrams
- reputare
- reputerà
Latin
Participle
apert?re
- vocative masculine singular of apert?rus
Spanish
Verb
aperture
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of aperturar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of aperturar.
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quarrel
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw??(?)l/
- (US) enPR: 'kwôr?l, 'kw?r?l, IPA(key): /?kw???l/, /?kw?-/
- Rhymes: -???l
- Hyphenation: quar?rel
Etymology 1
From Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman querele [and other forms] and Middle French querele, querelle (“altercation, dispute; basis for dispute; side in a dispute; complaint; accusation; legal suit; lament; problem”) (modern French querelle), and from their etymon Latin quer?la, querella (“dispute; argument; complaint, grievance; legal complaint; lament; illness”), from quer? + -?la, -ella (suffix forming nouns). Quer? is the present active infinitive of queror (“to complain; to bewail, lament; to be indignant”), from Proto-Indo-European *?wes- (“to puff; to sigh”).
The word had replaced Old English sacan (“basis for dispute”) by 1340.
Noun
quarrel (plural quarrels)
- A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dispute
- Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (rare) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
Alternative forms
- quarrell (obsolete)
Related terms
- querent
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English querelen (“to dispute, quarrel; to assert one's claims; to rebel”) [and other forms], from querele (noun); see etymology 1. Compare Anglo-Norman, Middle French, and Old French quereler, quereller (“to argue with, dispute; to criticize; to bring a legal suit”) (modern French quereller (“to quarrel, squabble”)).
Verb
quarrel (third-person singular simple present quarrels, present participle (UK) quarrelling or (US) quarreling, simple past and past participle (UK) quarrelled or (US) quarreled)
- (intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
- (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
- (transitive, obsolete except Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).
Conjugation
Alternative forms
- quarrell (obsolete)
Derived terms
- quarreler, quarreller
- quarrelsome
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English quarrel (“bolt for an arbalest, crossbow, or siege engine; (figurative) seductive glance, temptation to sin; needle (possibly one square in cross-section); small (perhaps square-shaped) opening in window tracery; a cushion (perhaps square-shaped)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman quarel, quarele, quarrel, Middle French quarrel, and Old French quarel, quarrel, carrel (“crossbow bolt; floor tile or paving stone (rectangular- or square-shaped); small glass pane for windows”) (modern French carreau (“crossbow bolt; a tile; windowpane; a square”)), from Late Latin quarellus, quadrellus (“crossbow bolt; paving stone; a tile”), from Latin quadrum (“a square; square section; regular shape or form”) + -ellus (variant of -ulus (suffix forming diminutive nouns, indicating small size or youth)). Quadrum is ultimately derived from quattuor (“four”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres (“four”).
Noun
quarrel (countable and uncountable, plural quarrels)
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) carrel, quarry
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- Synonym: quarry
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- Synonym: (archaic) quarry
- (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
- (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Related terms
- quarl
- quarry
Translations
References
Further reading
- quarrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- crossbow bolt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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