rotary shutter

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noun

a camera shutter consisting of a rotating disk pierced with a slit that passes in front of the lens to expose the film or plate.

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How to use rotary shutter in a sentence

Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.
The World’s Toughest Political Quiz|Jeff Greenfield|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Do they really not look around them when they hit the shutter, or is it all part of a ploy to attract more attention?
Selfie Hall of Shame: Is Anywhere Safe From Sick Snaps?|Charlotte Lytton|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bob Bashara was a married Rotary Club president who lived in a ritzy Detroit suburb.
A Murder in Detroit’s Sexual Underworld|Steve Miller|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So she heard the shutter click and said ‘Oh no’ and came jogging over at me.
Anthony Cumia: ‘I Have No Regrets’|Lloyd Grove|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In his 2014 State of the Union address, Obama promised to shutter the prison built on Cuban soil by the end of the year.
Bergdahl Deal Could Be First Step to Emptying Gitmo|Josh Rogin|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
And once Mother Oriole found, caught in the shutter, little threads of Hepzebiah's hair.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
The umpire's first decision was usually his last; they broke him in two with a bat, and his friends toted him home on a shutter.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The next instant the click of the shutter in the camera announced that the prize was secure.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson