Finder

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finder \Find"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a
        small telescope of low power and large field of view,
        attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding
        an object more readily, called also a {finder telescope}
        or {finder scope}.


        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Micros.) A slide ruled in squares, so as to assist in
        locating particular points in the field of vision.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  finder
       n 1: someone who comes upon something after searching
       2: someone who is the first to observe something [syn: {discoverer},
           {spotter}]
       3: optical device that helps a user to find the target of
          interest [syn: {viewfinder}, {view finder}]