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shutter
(redirected from louvered shutter)

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shut·ter  (shtr)
n.
1. One that shuts, as:
a. A hinged cover or screen for a window, usually fitted with louvers.
b. A mechanical device of a camera that controls the duration of a photographic exposure, as by opening and closing to allow light coming through the lens to expose a plate or film.
2. shutters Music The movable louvers on a pipe organ, controlled by pedals, that open and close the swell box.
tr.v. shut·tered, shut·ter·ing, shut·ters
1. To furnish or close with shutters: locked the doors and shuttered the windows.
2. To cause to cease operations; close down: shuttered the store for the holiday.

shutter [ˈʃʌtə]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a hinged doorlike cover, often louvred and usually one of a pair, for closing off a window
(Business / Commerce)
put up the shutters to close business at the end of the day or permanently
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog an opaque shield in a camera that, when tripped, admits light to expose the film or plate for a predetermined period, usually a fraction of a second. It is either built into the lens system or lies in the focal plane of the lens (focal-plane shutter)
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog a rotating device in a film projector that permits an image to be projected onto the screen only when the film is momentarily stationary
5. (Music / Instruments) Music one of the louvred covers over the mouths of organ pipes, operated by the swell pedal
6. a person or thing that shuts
vb (tr)
1. to close with or as if with a shutter or shutters
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to equip with a shutter or shutters
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.shutter - a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposureshutter - a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
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)
mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
2.shutter - a hinged blind for a window
screen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"
deadlight - a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather
double-hung window - a window having two sashes that slide up and down
jalousie - a shutter made of angled slats
Verb1.shutter - close with shutters; "We shuttered the window to keep the house cool"
close, shut - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"

shutter
noun blind, screen, shade, curtain, canopy, louvre She opened the shutters and gazed out over roofs.
Translations
shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ]
A. N
1. (on window) → contraventana f, postigo m
to put up the shutters [shop] → cerrar del todo (fig) → abandonar (Sport) → no arriesgar
2. (Phot) → obturador m
B. CPD shutter release N (Phot) → disparador m
shutter speed Nvelocidad f de obturación

shutter [ˈʃʌtər] n
(on window)volet m
[camera] → obturateur m
shutter release n (PHOTOGRAPHY)déclencheur m d'obturateur
shutter speed n (PHOTOGRAPHY)vitesse f d'obturation

shutter
n(Fenster)laden m; (Phot) → Verschluss m; to put up the shutters (lit)die (Fenster)läden zumachen; (fig)den Laden dichtmachen (inf)
vt shutter the windowsmach die (Fenster)läden zu

shutter [ˈʃʌtəʳ] n (on window) → imposta; (for shop) → battente m (Phot) → otturatore m
shutter speed → tempo di apertura

shutter
n shutter [ˈʃatə]
1 one of usually two usually wooden covers over a window He closed the shutters. hortjies دَرْفَة الشُّبّاك الخَشَبِيَّه кепеник okenice skodde der Fensterladen παντζούρι contraventana, postigo aknaluuk كركره ikkunaluukku volet תְרִיס झिलमिली kapak, roleta (ablak)redőny daun penutup jendela gluggahleri persiana よろい戸 덧문 langinė aizvirtnis; slēģis penutup luik skodde, vinduslem okiennica persiana oblon; jaluzea ставень okenica oknica kapak fönsterlucka บานเกล็ดหน้าต่าง kepenk 百葉窗 віконниця; жалюзі کھڑکی کے دو پلے cánh cửa chớp
2 the moving cover over the lens of a camera, which opens when a photograph is taken When the shutter opens, light is allowed into the camera and reacts with the film. sluiter حاجِب عَدَسَة الكاميرا фот. затвор závěrka lukker der Verschluß φωτοφράκτης obturador katik دريچه نورگير ؛ شاتر دوربين عكاسي suljin obturateur צָמצָם शटर, कपाट zatvor fotografskog aparata, blenda zár alat pengukur cahaya, pemetik gambar loki, lokari otturatore シャッター (카메라) 셔터 sklendė blende pengatup sluiter lukker migawka obturador obturator затвор объектива závierka zaklop blenda slutare ทิ่ปิดเปิดรูแสงของกล้องถ่ายรูป objektif kapağı (相機)快門 затвор کیمرے کے اوپر کا متحرک پردہ lá chắn sáng
adj shuttered
shuttered windows. toegemaak ذو دَرْفةِ خَشَبِيَّه със спуснати капаци se zavřenými okenicemi tilskoddet mit verschlossenen Fensterläden με κλειστά παντζούρια, με κατεβασμένα τα ρολά con las contraventanas cerradas luukidega كركره شده luukullinen aux volets fermés סָגוּר עִם תְּרִיס शटर लगाना zatvoren roletama, spuštenih roleta redőnyös berpenutup með lokuðum gluggahlerum (con le persiane chiuse) よろい戸のついた 잠긴 uždarytomis langinėmis aizslēģots tertutup met de luiken dicht med skodder/lemmer wyposażony w okiennice com persianas cu obloanele trase закрытый ставнями so zatvorenými okenicami zaprt zatvorenih kapaka med []luckor ด้วยบานเกล็ด kepenkli 有百葉窗的 такий, що з зачиненими віконницями پلے والی được đóng chớp


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