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Camera obscura
(gcide) | Camera obscura \Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra\ [LL. camera chamber + L.
obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.)
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Photog.) 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.
[1913 Webster] |
camera obscura
(wn) | camera obscura
n 1: 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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camera obscura
(wn) | camera obscura
n 1: 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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