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stenopaeic.

Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ˌstɛnəˈpiː.ɪk/
  1. Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.

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Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”) (see steno-) + ὀπαῖος (opaîos, “perforated”), from ὀπή (opḗ, “opening”). First attested in 1855 (see quotations) in relation to the works of Franciscus Donders, who coined the original term as Dutch stenopaeische (1853-1854).

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