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mirrorless

UK/ˈmɪɹələs/

mirrorless adjective: without a mirror.

Adjective

mirrorless (not comparable)

  1. Without a mirror.
  2. (rare) Not mirrored; unreflective.
    • one would discover in her eyes, large, protruding and clear, that mirrorless look of polished metals which report not so much the object as the movement of the object.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47

Noun

mirrorless (plural mirrorlesses)

  1. A mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.
    Synonyms:
    compact system camera, CSC, mirrorless system camera, MSC, digital single lens mirrorless, DSLM, digital interchangeable-lens system camera, electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens, EVIL

Synonyms of mirrorless

  • compact system camera
  • CSC
  • mirrorless system camera
  • MSC
  • digital single lens mirrorless
  • DSLM
  • digital interchangeable-lens system camera
  • electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens
  • EVIL

Forms of mirrorless

pluralmirrorlesses

Origin of mirrorless

From mirror + -less.

Words formed from mirrorless

Phrases with mirrorless

Questions about mirrorless

What does mirrorless mean?
Mirrorless means without a mirror.
What part of speech is mirrorless?
Mirrorless can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mirrorless?
Mirrorless is pronounced /ˈmɪɹələs/ (UK).

Words near mirrorless in the dictionary

  1. mirrorings
  2. mirrorize
  3. mirrorized
  4. mirrorizes
  5. mirrorizing
  6. mirrorless
  7. mirrorless camera
  8. mirrorless cameras
  9. mirrorlesses
  10. mirrorlessness
  11. mirrorlike

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