Definitions
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- adjective Being a high-speed
camera capable ofrecording astill image with anexposure time innanoseconds .
Etymologies
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From rapid-action electronic.
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The rapatronic camera is a high-speed camera capable of recording a still image with an exposure time as brief as 10 nanoseconds (billionths of a second).
Rapatronic Camera shots of Atomic Bomb Explosions | My[confined]Space 2009
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To overcome the speed limitation of a conventional camera\’s mechanical shutter, the rapatronic camera uses two polarizing filters and a Kerr cell.
Rapatronic Camera shots of Atomic Bomb Explosions | My[confined]Space 2009
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