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Whence vs Aperture - What's the difference?

whence | aperture |

As an adverb whence

is from where; from which place or source.

As a conjunction whence

is (literary|poetic) (used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated).

As a noun aperture is

an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

whence

English

Adverb

(-)
  • From where; from which place or source.
    • Whence came I?
    "Pork" comes from French, whence we get most of our modern cooking terms.
  • * 1818 , (Mary Shelley), , Chapter 4:
    • Whence , I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed?
  • * 1898 , , Chapter 3:
    • At first I could not tell what this new sound was, nor whence it came, and now it seemed a little noise close by, and now a great noise in the distance. And then it grew nearer and more defined, and in a moment I knew it was the sound of voices talking.
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    • Usage notes

    * This word is uncommon in modern usage; from where'' is now usually substituted (as in the example sentence: ''Where did I come from?'' or ''From where did I come? ). It is now chiefly encountered in older works, or in poetic or literary writing. * From whence has a strong literary precedent, appearing in Shakespeare and the King James Bible as well as in the writings of numerous Victorian-era writers. In recent times, however, it has been criticized as redundant by usage commentators.

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (literary, poetic) (used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated)
    • The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.
    I scored more than you in the exam, whence we can conclude that I am better at the subject than you are.

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) English interrogative adverbs

    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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