mirrorless

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UK/ˈmɪɹələs/

adjective

Without a mirror.

Similar
compact system cameraCSCmirrorless system cameraMSCdigital single lens mirrorlessDSLMdigital interchangeable-lens system cameraelectronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens
Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivemirrorless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a mirror.
  2. not comparablerareNot mirrored; unreflective.

    one would discover in her eyes, large, protruding and clear, that mirrorless look of polished metals which report not so much the object as the movement of the object.

    1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 47
nounmirrorless (plural mirrorlesses)

plural mirrorlesses

  1. artsA mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.

    Synonyms: compact system camera, CSC, mirrorless system camera, MSC, digital single lens mirrorless, DSLM, digital interchangeable-lens system camera, electronic viewfinder with interchangeable lens

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, similar to a digital SLR, but usually made smaller by incorporating an electronic viewfinder instead of a mirror and prism.

Similar
compact system cameraCSCmirrorless system cameraMSCdigital single lens mirrorlessDSLMdigital interchangeable-lens system cameraelectronic viewfinder with interchangeable lensEVIL

Origin

Translations

Russian беззерка́льный
  • беззерка́льный (bezzerkálʹnyj)without a mirror
Swedish spegellös
  • spegellöswithout a mirror
Cite this entry
APA

mirrorless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrorless

MLA

“mirrorless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrorless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mirrorless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mirrorless.

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