camera lucida
[ loo-si-duh ]
/ ˈlu sɪ də /
noun
an optical instrument, often attached to the eyepiece of a microscope, by which the image of an external object is projected on a sheet of paper or the like for tracing.
Words nearby camera lucida
camenae,
cameo,
cameo glass,
cameo ware,
camera,
camera lucida,
camera obscura,
camera phone,
camera tube,
camera-ready,
camera-ready copy
Example sentences from the Web for camera lucida
Now remove the cap of the eye-piece, and fix the camera-lucida in its stead.
Then came illustrations, which at first were camera-lucida drawings in pencil smoothed out with pen and ink.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites |Percy Edward Raymond
British Dictionary definitions for camera lucida
camera lucida
/ (ˈluːsɪdə) /
noun
an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image
Word Origin for camera lucida
New Latin: light chamber