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shutter Definition

shut·ter (s̸hutər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that shuts
  2. a movable screen or cover for a window, usually hinged and often fitted with louvers
  3. anything used to cover an opening, as a slide or door on a lantern
  4. Photog. a device that controls the duration of an exposure by opening and closing, allowing light to reach the film or plate for a specified amount of time

transitive verb

to close or furnish with a shutter or shutters

shutter Synonyms

shutter

n.

blind, cover, shade, storm shutter; see curtain, screen 1.

shutter Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • slide: Note the sliding steel shutter raised above the door.
  • install: An internal thread at their beam exits may be used for installing mechanical shutters or various types of optical components.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: Wooden shutters on a simple hinge would have been the height of luxury.
  • focal: The shutter release is a metal focal plane shutter with vertical operation.
  • folding: Blue and gold folding shutters hang limply on either side of the little case.
  • high-speed: Setting a higher sensitivity ensures sufficient brightness even when a high-speed shutter is being used.
  • exterior: Full height door and 4 windows, with exterior shutters that open and close easily.
  • rolling: We design, manufacture and install bespoke rolling security shutters and grilles; developed to provide maximum security.

Modifies a noun

  • lag: Points I like: Picture quality Good indoor shots Fast acting - low shutter lag times Large LCD screen.
  • speed: ISO 800 also enables shooting at higher shutter speeds, reducing the risk of image blur.
  • button: In front of the shutter button is the main dial which is used to adjust shutter speed or aperture settings.
  • release: Buttons No fewer than three shutter release buttons are featured.
  • door: Roller shutter doors can be perforated, colored, galvanized.
  • priority: With the camera set to manual, you can choose aperture priority, shutter priority or full manual.

Noun used with modifier

  • roller: Both bedrooms have a roller shutter at the windows for keeping the rooms cool during the day.
  • focal-plane: Because these cameras have a built-in focal-plane shutter, there is no need for a shutter in the lens.
  • plantation: Plantation shutters that a mortgage broker career role in side of the meyers was recently.
  • steel: Note the sliding steel shutter raised above the door.
  • lens: The H System's central lens shutter allows flash sync at all shutter speeds, enabling use of flash in all lighting conditions.
  • camera: The noise of the camera shutters invaded my private thoughts, forcing me to think about the story I had to write.
shutter Quotes

I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking† Some day, all this will have to be developed, carefully printed, fixed.

—Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw

The most important thing about photographing people isnot clicking the shutter†it is clicking with the subject.

—Eisenstaedt, Alfred

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