SLR

Origin

Initialism of single-lens reflex

Full definition of SLR

Noun

1. single-lens reflex camera
• 2009, Benjamin Obler, Javascotia, London: Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-14-188965-8: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.
2. (firearms) self-loading rifle

Adjective

1. Denoting or relating to single-lens reflex cameras.
• 2012, Robert J. Sawyer, Triggers, Toronto: Viking, ISBN 978-0-670-06576-9: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.

Derived terms

• DSLR
• ZLR

Coordinate terms

• RF
• DSLR
• ZLR
• PS/P&S