finder
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dər noun
1.
a person or thing that finds.
2.
Photography.
a.
a range finder.
b.
Also called viewfinder. a camera part or attachment enabling a photographer to determine what will be included in the picture.
3.
Astronomy. a small, wide-angled telescope attached to a larger one for locating objects to be studied.
4.
a person or firm that acts as agent in initiating a business transaction.
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Finder
is always a great word to know.
So is apparent magnitude. Does it mean:
| the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor |
| the magnitude or brightness of a star as it appears to an observer on the earth |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that finds |
| 2. | physics a small low-power wide-angle telescope fitted to a more powerful larger telescope, used to locate celestial objects to be studied by the larger instrument |
| 3. | photog short for viewfinder |
| 4. | informal finders keepers whoever finds something has the right to keep it |
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Computing Dictionary
Finder definition
operating systemThe part of the Macintosh Operating System and GUI that simulates the desktop. The multitasking version of Finder was called "MultiFinder" until multitasking was integrated into the core of the OS with the introduction of System 7.0 in 1990.
(2005-03-18)
Example sentences
He develops an avocation as a finder of lost persons for the poor and deserving.
Science is a fact finder, not a platform for developing a new government.
If it turns out to be scientifically important, the center will register it, and the fossil's finder retains ownership.
First, unlike some corporate internal inquiries, this one is and will remain an independent finder of facts.
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