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adj
Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”) (see steno-) + ὀπαῖος (opaîos, “perforated”), from ὀπή (opḗ, “opening”). First attested in 1855 (see quotations) in relation to the works of Franciscus Donders, who coined the original term as Dutch stenopaeische (1853-1854).
Across languages
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