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shutter release

noun

, Photography.
  1. a button or similar device used to actuate a camera shutter.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of shutter release1

First recorded in 1955–60

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Example Sentences

Bert did not even turn around, for he was on the point of pressing the shutter release of his camera.

You will have fastened one end of this piece of fishing line to the trigger of the shutter release.

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