Blende meaning in English — aperture, diaphragm, facing

English meaning

aperture noun A small opening, gap, or hole, especially one that lets light or something else pass through.
diaphragm noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
facing adj Positioned so as to point or look toward something.

Blende is used for these senses in English:

aperture (astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
bezel (computing) The panel that covers the front of a computer case, or the panel covering each drive bay that can be removed to install a removable drive that requires external access, such as a CD/DVD-ROM drive, which usually has its own preinstalled bezel.
diaphragm (optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
facing The most external portion of exterior siding.

noun The dome-shaped muscle beneath the lungs that controls breathing.
noun A dome-shaped contraceptive device inserted to cover the cervix.
noun A thin, flexible membrane, such as the vibrating part of a speaker or microphone.

Öffnung Blendenzahl Facette Fase geschliffene Schneidefläche obere Hauptfacette Fassung Lünette Frontblende Zwerchfell Diaphragma Pessar