Aperture  

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Extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

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"Phantasms of a young man and a young woman sucked harmlessly on one another's soft apertures on the silver screen." --Breakfast of Champions

Etymology

Latin apertūra (“opening”), from apertus, past participle of aperīre (“to open, uncover”), opposed to operīre (“to close, cover”). See aperient. Pronunciation

See also

• Aperture (magazine)