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iris
Definition:
(nou) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals (nou) muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye (nou) diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
Phonetic Transcription:
ˈaɪərɪs
Examples:
This project includes taking pictures of the iris and the 10 fingerprints.
The iris is the heavily pigmented colored part of the eye.
The camera's iris is designed to imitate the function of the human eye.
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