Between-the-lens shutter
iris shutter.
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a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame. a burning mass of material, as on a hearth or in a furnace. the destructive burning of a building, town, forest, etc.; conflagration. heat used for cooking, especially the lighted […]
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Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. between. betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other; in a middle or unresolved position: Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between. Historical Examples If it’s betwixt and between—well, I’m honest, and I can’t say more. The Phoenix and […]
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