slr
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Initialism of single-lens reflex, or clipping of SLR camera.
noun
phrase
Initialism of sorry, late reply.
Example Sentences
- "But to be clear, that’s not to say I’m not a photo-taker. I’m no expert, but I dabble. I got my first manual SLR at sixteen, and learned print-making as an unofficial apprentice to the editor of the high-school paper."
- "And images of other cameras came tot him: old-style TV cameras, motion-picture cameras on cranes, tiny digital cameras, Polaroid cameras, SLR cameras, all of them superimposed."
- "The imaging unit is not without flaws, and it’s not as powerful as a professional hand-held S.L.R. camera. For example, there’s a noticeable fish-eye distortion in the image that comes from the unit’s really wide vision angle, and you can’t zoom the field of view."