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reikä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aperture noun A small opening, gap, or hole, especially one that lets light or something else pass through.
  • cavity noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
  • hole noun A hollow space or opening in something solid, or a gap that goes all the way through.
  • mesh noun Material made of crossed strands with regular small gaps between them, like a net or screen.
  • node noun A device connected to a computer network, such as a server or workstation.
  • opening noun A gap or hole that allows passage or access.
  • orifice noun An opening, especially one in the body or in a pipe or tube.
  • punch noun A hit made with a closed fist.
  • puncture noun A small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tyre.
  • slot noun A narrow opening or groove designed to fit something into, or an assigned place in a schedule or sequence.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.

Senses

reikä is used for these senses in English:

  • aperture A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
  • cavity (dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
  • hole An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
  • hole (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
  • mesh A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
  • mortise (woodworking) A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint. [from 14th c.]
  • node (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
  • opening A gap permitting passage through.

cavity — full definition

  1. noun A hollow space or hole inside something solid.
  2. noun A decayed, hollow spot in a tooth caused by tooth decay.

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