viewfinder

Definitions

General English

• noun a small window in a camera through which you look when taking a picture, and which shows the exact picture you are about to take

Electronics

• A device which serves to display an image corresponding to that which is being focused upon by a camera, such as a TV camera. Such a device may be optical and/or electronic. Also called finder (2).

Information & Library Science

• noun an eyepiece in a camera which enables the photographer to see what is to be filmed

Media Studies

• noun a device on a camera that lets the user see what is being photographed
• noun the part of a camera through which the operator can see the framing and focus which will be recorded by the lens

Nearby Definitions of “viewfinder”

• Vietnamese names of dishes
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• viewable image
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• viewer
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• viewing
• vigil
• vigilante
• vignette
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Contexts for “viewfinder”

5 definitions in context
• General English
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Media Studies