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Öffnungs

Öffnungs is a German combining form used in technical and scientific terms to denote an opening or aperture. It is not ordinarily used as an independent word in contemporary German, but appears as the stem of nouns formed from Öffnung when combined with other words. The base noun Öffnung means opening, aperture, or gap, and is derived from the verb öffnen.

The stem Öffnungs- appears in a range of compound terms. Common examples include Öffnungsgrad, referring to

Usage notes: The connecting form is usually written as a continuous compound, without spaces or hyphens, for

See also: Öffnung; Öffnungen (plural).

the
degree
or
extent
of
an
opening;
Öffnungswinkel,
the
angle
of
opening;
and
Öffnungszeit,
the
time
associated
with
an
opening,
such
as
store
hours
or
the
duration
of
an
opening
in
a
mechanical
system.
In
anatomy,
engineering,
and
physics,
the
same
stem
is
found
in
other
compounds
describing
size,
position,
or
timing
of
apertures.
instance
Öffnungsgrad
or
Öffnungswinkel.
The
precise
meaning
depends
on
the
second
element
of
the
compound.