Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AP'ER-TURE
AP'ER-TURE, n.
- The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole through any solid substance. – Holder. Newton.
- An opening of meaning; explanation. [Not used.] – Taylor.
- In geometry, the space between two right lines, forming an angle. – Encyc.
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