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Eyelet vs Aperture - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between eyelet and aperture

is that eyelet is an object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole while aperture is an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

eyelet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
    • Push the aglet of the shoelace through each of the eyelets , one at a time.
  • A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter.
  • Cotton fabric with small holes.

    • aperture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
  • * Gilpin
    • an aperture between the mountains
  • * Owen
    • the back aperture of the nostrils
  • (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. e.g. a telescope may have a 100 cm aperture.
  • (spaceflight, communications) 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

    * aperture priority

    Related terms

    * aperient

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