bucky

/ˈbʌki/

noun 3name 3

Collocations

ADJ.

major, recipromatic

VERB + BUCKY

cocked, reciprocating, types

BUCKY + NOUN

assemblies

PREP.

from, in

ADV.

manually

Definitions

noun

A gun.

Like for a gun, you could say a gat but that's quite an old term. Most young people now would say stralley, a tool or a bucky.

noun

Alternative form of Bucky (“a Potter-Bucky diaphragm”).

There are two major types of bucky assemblies: reciprocating and recipromatic. The difference is that the reciprocating bucky moves at two different speeds during the exposure […]

name

A surname

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Example Bank

Like for a gun, you could say a gat but that's quite an old term. Most young people now would say stralley, a tool or a bucky.

Wiktionary

There are two major types of bucky assemblies: reciprocating and recipromatic. The difference is that the reciprocating bucky moves at two different speeds during the exposure […]

Wiktionary

The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bucky is marked as slang, informal, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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