finder (redirected from finders)

find·er  (fndr)

n.

1. One that finds: a finder of great hidden treasure.

2. A viewfinder.

3. A low-power, wide-angle telescope fixed to the body of a more powerful telescope and pointed in the same direction for initially locating an object to be observed.

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finder [ˈfaɪndə]

n

1. a person or thing that finds

2. (Physics / General Physics) 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. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog short for viewfinder

finders keepers Informal whoever finds something has the right to keep it

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	finder - someone who comes upon something after searching quester, searcher, seeker - someone making a search or inquiry; "they are seekers after truth"
	2.	finder - someone who is the first to observe something discoverer, spotter beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses co-discoverer - someone who is the first of two or more people to discover something
	3.	finder - optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest view finder, viewfinder camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) gun-sight, gunsight - a sight used for aiming a gun optical device - a device for producing or controlling light telescope, scope - a magnifier of images of distant objects

Translations

finder [ˈfaɪndəʳ] N → descubridor(a) m/f
finders keepers (losers weepers) → quien se lo encuentra se lo queda

finder

n

(of lost object) → Finder(in) m(f); finders keepers (inf) → wers findet, dem gehörts

(of telescope) → Sucher m