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| camera |
a device with a shutter and lens that produces photographs by recording images on a light-sensitive film or plate. [1/2 definitions] |
| dark lantern |
a lantern with a sliding panel or shutter that can be used to hide the light. |
| deadlight |
a strong shutter or cover fastened over the interior of a ship's porthole or cabin window in stormy weather. [1/3 definitions] |
| jalousie |
a shutter, blind, or window with overlapping horizontal slats that can be tilted to admit more or less light or air. |
| louver |
any of a set of narrow openings between slanted horizontal slats in a door, window, or shutter. [2/3 definitions] |
| shutterless |
combined form of shutter. |
| time exposure |
a photographic exposure in which the shutter is kept open an unusually long time. [1/2 definitions] |
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