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SLR

American  

abbreviation

Photography.
  1. single-lens reflex camera.


SLR British  

abbreviation

  1. single-lens reflex See reflex camera

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SLR, a long-established space geodetic method, works by firing laser pulses between satellites and ground stations to measure distances with high precision.

From Science Daily

Dr. Yufeng Nie added, "The research showed that the ocean mass changes derived from SLR analysis align well with the total sea level changes observed by satellite altimeters, after accounting for the effect of ocean thermal expansion. This demonstrates that the traditional SLR technique can now serve as a novel and powerful tool for long-term climate change studies."

From Science Daily

But she’s bummed she didn’t bring her SLR camera overseas, because apparently she has found the scenery to be photogenic.

From Los Angeles Times

The iPhone camera is good, she said, but it’s not the SLR.

From Los Angeles Times

He graduated to a 35 mm SLR Pentax camera when the Beatles hit it big.

From New York Times