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viewer

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view⋅er

  [vyoo-er]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that views.
2. a person who watches television, often a devotee of television or of a particular kind of television program: a weekly show aimed at teenage viewers.
3. any of various optical devices to facilitate viewing, esp. one that is small and boxlike with a magnifying lens, and sometimes a light source, in which a photographic transparency may be viewed.
4. an eyepiece or viewfinder.
5. an official inspector of property, public works, or the like.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; see view, -er 1
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view·er   (vyōō'ər)   
n.  

  1. One that views, especially an onlooker or spectator.

  2. Any of various optical devices used to facilitate the viewing of photographic transparencies by illuminating or magnifying them.

  3. A person who watches television or movies: viewers of prime-time shows; viewers of action movies.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Computing Dictionary

viewer tool
A program to allow a file to be read (or played) but not changed. Viewers are often freely distributable, even when the editor application is not. This allows you to create files with the editor and make the viewer available to other users to view your files, e.g. on a website. Examples include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.
(1997-08-29)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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