ETYM Latin apertura, from aperire. Related to Aperient.
1. An opening in something.
2. An opening; usually small.
3. Controls amount of light admitted.
In photography, an opening in the camera that allows light to pass through the lens to strike the film. Controlled by shutter speed and the iris diaphragm, it can be set mechanically or electronically at various diameters. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin disseminatio: cf. French dissémination.
1. Opening to public discussion and debate; SYN. airing, circulation, public exposure, spreading.
2. The property of being diffused or dispersed; SYN. diffusion.

1. An open or empty space in or between things; SYN. gap.
2. A vacant or unobstructed space
3. A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise.
4. Opportunity especially for employment or promotion
5. The act of opening something
6. The first performance (as of a theatrical production); SYN. opening night, curtain raising.
7. The initial part of the introduction
8. Becoming open or being made open + prikaži više

ETYM French, from Latin orificium; os, oris, a mouth + facere to make. Related to Oral, and Fact.
Opening for entrance or exit.
An aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; SYN. opening.
An opening (as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass.

1. A place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country.
2. An opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for firing through; SYN. embrasure, porthole.
Point where goods are loaded or unloaded from a water-based to a land-based form of transport. Most ports are coastal, though inland ports on rivers also exist. Ports often have specialized equipment to handle cargo in large quantities (for example, container or roll-on/roll-off facilities).
Historically, ports have been important growth poles from which the transport networks of many colonial and trading countries developed, as in Nigeria. Ports with deep-water berths can accommodate large modern shipping; for example, the port of Rotterdam. See also airport. + prikaži više

1. A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt; SYN. volcano, crater.
2. An opening for the escape of gas or air; SYN. venthole, blowhole.
3. External opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate.