All 3 Uses of
aperture
in
The Time Machine
- Apparently it was considered bad form to remark these apertures; for when I pointed to this one, and tried to frame a question about it in their tongue, they were still more visibly distressed and turned away.†
Chpt 5
- Glancing upward, I saw the aperture, a small blue disk, in which a star was visible, while little Weena's head showed as a round black projection.†
Chpt 6 *
- Swinging myself in, I found it was the aperture of a narrow horizontal tunnel in which I could lie down and rest.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
an opening -- especially a small one that controls the amount of light admitted for a camera or microscope
or:
the measured diameter of the opening
or:
the measured diameter of the opening