
Glossary of Common Industry Standard Terms
Terminology
Load Limit
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Rigging, Terminology
Load rate
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Vocabulary, Terminology
Load rating
The maximum weight value for a rigging point that was determined by a structural engineer.
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Rigging, Terminology
Long lens

A camera lens which has a focal length that is longer than the diagonal measure of the film or sensor that receives its image. It is used to make distant objects appear magnified with magnification increasing as longer focal length lenses are used.
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Camera, Gear, Terminology
Lunch Penalty
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Phrase, Terminology
Mouse Hole
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Terminology, Phrase
Mover

See Moving Light
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Gear, Instrument, Lights, Terminology, Intelligent Lighting
Moving Light

A multichannel, programmable "intelligent light" with one or more optics capable of panning, tilting, zooming, changing beam color or pattern or other user-defined options, produced by manufactures such as Varilite, Martin, Robe, Elation and related companies.
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Instrument, Gear, Moving Light, Terminology
Multi Tool

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Terminology, Scenic, Stage
Multimeter

Multimeter is a multi-purpose instrument that can directly measure various parameters like potential difference, current, resistance, frequency, capacitance, etc.
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Vocabulary, Tools, Video, Lights, Audio, Terminology
Near-Miss
Refers to an incident or accident that caused little or no damage, but had the possibility of doing substantional damage or injury.
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Terminology, Accident
No Parking Sign Permit
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Show Doc, Documents, Terminology, Permit
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