to iris
- verb
- /ˈaɪrɪs/
- Jargon
- The photographer had to iris the lens to let in more light for the perfect shot.
Examples
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An orifice just above the rear legs could iris completely shut or open to eject a continuous casting approximately twenty-five centimeters in diameter.
Fiction book (1999) -
We boom up to the top of the theater, and the "BIJOU" sign as the train rumbles by behind the theater, and the "J" teeters loose and swings by a thread, and we iris.
Fiction book (2001) -
Occasionally, he had to stop before closed seals and wait for them to slowly iris open.
Fiction book (1990) -
We IRIS in on the Doors suddenly—a strange sound.
Fiction book (1991) -
To achieve a softer focus, he decided to iris the camera aperture slightly.
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During the photography session, she taught him how to iris the device for better exposure.
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to check who someone is by looking at the coloured part of their eye
- Specialized
An iris plant with no hairs on the lower drooping parts of the flower
- Specialized
A flowering plant that grows from a bulb and makes bright flowers in spring
A spring flower with blue or purple petals people grow in gardens and use in bouquets
A plant that grows from a bulb with large delicate flowers in many colors except yellow
A plant from southern Europe with large white flowers, lavender tips, and a fragrant underground stem
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants that grow from bulbs or underground stems, like common garden flowers with showy blooms
- Archaic
A plant with purple flowers and smelly leaves that grows by the Mediterranean
- Specialized
A large white garden flower with a sweet-smelling underground root used in perfume
- Specialized
A plant with purple flowers and leaves that smell bad when crushed
- Specialized
A garden iris with large white flowers slightly purple at the edges and a sweet-smelling root used for perfume
- Specialized
A part with thin overlapping plates that controls how much light passes through a lens
- Specialized
A group of flowering plants like irises and crocuses that grow from bulbs or underground stems
- Specialized
A flowering plant that grows from a bulb with pale lilac flowers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A bulb plant from North Africa with bright blue flowers grown in gardens
- Specialized
A low-growing iris with bright blue to lilac flowers that blooms in spring
- Specialized
A common iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in eastern North America
- Specialized
A plant with blue or violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States
- Specialized
A garden flower that grows from a bulb with large delicate flowers usually blue or violet
- Specialized
A plant that grows from a bulb with purple flowers native to the western Mediterranean
A tall plant with large colorful flowers, usually purple or white, that grows near water
- UK
A plant from the western Mediterranean with purple flowers that grows from a bulb
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Etymology
Iris as a verb in film comes from the camera part iris, so to iris a shot is to change the lens opening to control 'light' or create a visual effect.