All 4 Uses of
aperture
in
The War of the Worlds
- I heard it give a peculiar thick cry, and forthwith another of these creatures appeared darkly in the deep shadow of the aperture.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- And then the light filtered in, not through the window, which remained black, but through a triangular aperture between a beam and a heap of broken bricks in the wall behind us.†
Chpt 2.1
- Through the aperture in the wall I could see the top of a tree touched with gold and the warm blue of a tranquil evening sky.†
Chpt 2.2
- Suddenly I heard a noise without, the run and smash of slipping plaster, and the triangular aperture in the wall was darkened.†
Chpt 2.4
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