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DELAYED ACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("delayed action" is a kind of...):
mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
Holonyms ("delayed action" is a part of...):
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))
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