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Meaning of VIEWER

Pronunciation:  'vyoour

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  an optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
  2. [n]  a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
 
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 Synonyms: looker, spectator, watcher, witness
 
 See Also: beholder, browser, bystander, cheerer, eyewitness, looker-on, motion-picture fan, moviegoer, observer, ogler, onlooker, optical device, peeper, Peeping Tom, perceiver, playgoer, rubberneck, spy, starer, theatergoer, theatregoer, voyeur

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\View"er\, n.
1. One who views or examines.
2. (Law) A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or
   the like, and to report upon the same.
3. The superintendent of a coal mine. [Eng.]
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

A program to allow a file to be read (or played) but not changed. Viewers are often freely distributable, even when the editor application is not. This allows you to create files with the editor and make the viewer available to other users to view your files, e.g. on a web site. Examples include the Word and Adobe Acrobat viewers.

 

 

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