single-shot camera

single-shot camera

[′siŋ·gəl ¦shät ′kam·rə]
(optics)
An underwater camera that takes one picture on each lowering when the camera shutter is tripped by contact with the bottom.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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