focal-plane shutter

[ foh-kuhl pleyn ]

/ ˈfoʊ kəl ˌpleɪn /

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noun Photography.

a camera shutter situated directly in front of the film.

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Origin of focal-plane shutter

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby focal-plane shutter

focal area, focal infection, focalize, focal length, focal plane, focal-plane shutter, focal point, focal ratio, focal seizure, Foch, foci

How to use focal-plane shutter in a sentence

Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
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As we waited for my plane to come in, we stayed silent for a long time.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And then I got on a plane, and guess what was playing: I Never Sang for My Father.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Call me when the plane leaves the ground,” she said, in a tone that implied she knew her husband well.
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On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My two eyes haven't quite the same focal length and this often puts me out of the straight with a column of figures.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The sequestered spot, a seat beneath a plane tree, with a lonesome arc-lamp shining full upon it, was occupied.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
A very thin vacuum shutter forms a better interrupter of sound waves than a brick wall two or three feet in thickness.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
She partly opened the wooden shutter again and pointed to an upper story of the opposite building.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Hence the latter is not level, but has, in places, steps which have been worn to an inclined plane.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow