clapperboard
(noun) photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clapperboard (plural clapperboards)
(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
• (film): clapboard, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker
Source: Wiktionary
30 November 2024
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
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