1
: a device for regulating the intensity of an electric lighting unit
2
: low beam
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Most of us shoot at 4k and 60 frames per second, which is fine for daylight but a lot dimmer at night.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
These super-portable LED lamps have four dimmer settings, are USB-compatible, and can last up to 24 hours on a single charge.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
In this system, a brighter object, which emits more light, has a larger number of photons than a dimmer object.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
To discover these paradigm-shifting smaller and dimmer dwarf galaxies, team leader Marcos Arias, an astronomer at the University of Michigan, and his colleagues scoured various massive astronomical datasets.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
These super-portable LED lamps have four dimmer settings, are USB-compatible, and can last up to 24 hours on a single charge.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
In this system, a brighter object, which emits more light, has a larger number of photons than a dimmer object.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2025
To discover these paradigm-shifting smaller and dimmer dwarf galaxies, team leader Marcos Arias, an astronomer at the University of Michigan, and his colleagues scoured various massive astronomical datasets.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Dimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimmer. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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