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plateholder — /playt hohl deuhr/, n. a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing. [1870 75; PLATE1 + HOLDER] * * * … Universalium
telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… … Universalium
dark slide — noun 1. : the removable slide that covers a photographic plate or film in a holder 2. : a photographic plateholder or sheet film holder * * * Photog. 1. Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film… … Useful english dictionary
coudé — I. küˈdā, ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: French, from coudé, adjective : a coudé telescope II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: French … Useful english dictionary
swingback — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: swing (III) + back, n. 1. : a pivoting back for some cameras that allows the film or plateholder to be tilted for correcting or distorting the perspective in a photograph or for shifting the focal plane so as to… … Useful english dictionary
