Finder
['faɪndə] or ['faɪndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest.
(noun.) someone who is the first to observe something.
(noun.) someone who comes upon something after searching.
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Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.
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Examples
- While failure is sometimes the outcome of the water-finder’s attempts, success as often and, indeed, according to the testimony of Professor Barrett, more often crowns his efforts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Only papers on the unfortunate man, I see,' said Lightwood, glancing from the description of what was found, to the finder. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A great accompaniment to artillery is The Range Finder, a telescopic apparatus for ascertaining accurately the location and distance of objects to be fired at. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He asserts that the function of the forked twig in the hands of the water-finder may be to act as an indicator of some material or other mental disturbance within him. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When my father was killed by accident, he chanced to be one of the finders. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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