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Bucky en · NOUN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of Potter-Bucky diaphragm.
   alt of Potter-Bucky diaphragm
   • The recipromatic Bucky differs from the manually cocked Bucky in that the grid travels in both directions across the table during the exposure. 1960, Charles A. Jacobi, Donald E. Hagen, X-ray Technology, page 74:

Forms

Bucky en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. A surname

Deriveds

bucky · Bucky-Potter grid · Bucky factor · Bucky diaphragm · Potter-Bucky diaphragm

Bucky en · PROPN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.

Bucky en · PROPN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of Buckie (“Buckfast Tonic Wine”).
   alt of Buckie