viewfinder

noun
/ˈvjuːfaɪndə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From view + finder.

  1. inherited from findere
  2. compounded as viewfinder — “view + finder

Definitions

  1. A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens

    A device on a camera that shows what will appear in the field of view of the lens; it helps the user target a subject, zoom and focus the image.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for viewfinder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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