Examples of pinhole in a Sentence
The water was leaking through a pinhole in the pipe.
pinholes in a bedsheet will look like stars if you shine a light from behind it
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How to turn a box into a pinhole projector to view the eclipse
Another way to make a pinhole projector includes a box, tape, scissors, foil and paper.
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Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Eclipses can also be viewed indirectly using a pinhole projector such as a hole punched through an index card.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
One of these methods is a pinhole projector, in which small holes (for example, in an index card) can project the image of the sun on a nearby surface.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Try a do-it-yourself indirect viewer, like a pinhole projector or funnel viewer.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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Austin American-Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Eclipses can also be viewed indirectly using a pinhole projector such as a hole punched through an index card.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
One of these methods is a pinhole projector, in which small holes (for example, in an index card) can project the image of the sun on a nearby surface.
—Rebecca Schneid, TIME, 29 Sep. 2024
Try a do-it-yourself indirect viewer, like a pinhole projector or funnel viewer.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Pinhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pinhole. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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pinhole
noun
pin·hole
-ˌhōl 
: a very small hole made by or as if by a pin
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