Pinhole

Definitions

1. A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin
2. The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura
3. A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service.
4. A clipping of pinhole eye, which refers to the compact eye structure associated with intense tropical cyclones.

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Examples

“These [the eyes of the nautilus] are the simplest eyes of any large living animal -- lensless 'pinholes' that project a hazy and rather dim image onto its retinas.”

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