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Noun: viewfinder  'vyoo,fIn-du(r)
  1. An optical device that shows what will be captured or targeted by an instrument such as a camera, telescope, or weapon
    "The photographer composed his shot using the camera's viewfinder";
    - finder

Derived forms: viewfinders

Type of: optical device

Part of: camera, gunsight, gun-sight, photographic camera, scope [informal], telescope

Encyclopedia: Viewfinder