SHUTTER

Shutter

In photography, a shutter is a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light in order to capture a permanent image of a scene. A shutter can also be used to allow pulses of light to pass outwards, as seen in a movie projector or a signal lamp.

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shutter

Noun

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  1. One who shuts or closes something.
  2. Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
  3. The part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.

Verb

  1. To close shutters covering.
    Shutter the windows, there's a storm coming!
  2. To close up (a building or an operation) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
    It took all day to shutter the cabin now that the season has ended.
    The US is seeking to get Iran to shutter its nuclear weapons program.


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