camera obscura
[ ob-skyoo r-uh ]
/ ɒbˈskyʊər ə /
noun
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 arranged to receive them: used for sketching, exhibition purposes, etc.
Words nearby camera obscura
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camera lucida,
camera obscura,
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camera-ready,
camera-ready copy,
camera-shy
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British Dictionary definitions for camera obscura
camera obscura
/ (ɒbˈskjʊərə) /
noun
a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture
Sometimes shortened to: camera
Word Origin for camera obscura
New Latin: dark chamber