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relative aperture

noun

, Optics.
  1. the ratio of the diameter of a lens, especially a camera lens, to the focal length; the reciprocal of the f number or focal ratio of the lens.


relative aperture

noun

  1. photog the ratio of the equivalent focal length of a lens to the effective aperture of the lens; written as f/n, f:n , or fn , where n is the numerical value of this ratio and is equivalent to the f-number
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of relative aperture1

First recorded in 1885–90

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