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1. (n.) camera obscura
a darkened boxlike device in which images of external objects, received through an aperture, as with a convex lens, are exhibited in their natural colors on a surface.
Etymology: (1660–70; < NL: dark chamber)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) camera obscura
a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. camera obscura
an apparatus in which the images of external objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the outlines may be traced
2. camera obscura
an apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses, thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back of an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modified; -- commonly called simply the camera
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. camera obscura
an optical contrivance, by means of which the images of external objects are exhibited distinctly on a surface in the focus of the lens.
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