Pore vs Aperture - What's the difference?
pore | aperture |
A tiny opening in the skin.
By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many or allowing passage of a fluid.
to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
to meditate or reflect in a steady way.
An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
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(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.
As nouns the difference between pore and aperture
is that pore is a tiny opening in the skin while aperture is an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.As a verb pore
is to study meticulously; to go over again and again.pore
English
(wikipedia pore)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pouren, from (etyl), from (etyl) porus, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) poren, pouren, . See (l).Verb
(por)Derived terms
* pore overAnagrams
* * ----aperture
English
Noun
(en noun)- an aperture between the mountains
- the back aperture of the nostrils
- If the generatrix makes an angle ? to the axis, then the aperture is 2?.