magic lantern

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noun

a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films.

Origin of magic lantern

First recorded in 1690–1700

Words nearby magic lantern

magic carpet, Magic Circle, magic eye, magician, magick, magic lantern, Magic Marker, magic mushroom, magic number, magic realism, magic square

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Example sentences from the Web for magic lantern

Then at last the scene sprang out as on the screen of a magic-lantern.
Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
"Living pictures" are the most recent improvement in magic-lantern entertainments.
How it Works|Archibald Williams
All over the kingdom, he and his magic-lantern, year after year, goes Mr. Wood.
Experiments on Animals|Stephen Paget
Name them not: new quick-changing Phantasms, which shift like magic-lantern figures; more spectral than ever!
The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle

The man and the philosopher are but the clumsy machinery of the magic-lantern, the more kept out of view the better.
Emily Bront|A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson

British Dictionary definitions for magic lantern

magic lantern

noun

an early type of slide projectorSometimes shortened to: lantern

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	magic lantern
释义	magic lantern SEE SYNONYMS FOR magic lantern ON THESAURUS.COM noun a device having an enclosed lamp and a lenslike opening, formerly used for projecting and magnifying images mounted on slides or films. Origin of magic lantern First recorded in 1690–1700 Words nearby magic lantern magic carpet, Magic Circle, magic eye, magician, magick, magic lantern, Magic Marker, magic mushroom, magic number, magic realism, magic square Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for magic lantern Then at last the scene sprang out as on the screen of a magic-lantern. Stingaree\|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung "Living pictures" are the most recent improvement in magic-lantern entertainments. How it Works\|Archibald Williams All over the kingdom, he and his magic-lantern, year after year, goes Mr. Wood. Experiments on Animals\|Stephen Paget Name them not: new quick-changing Phantasms, which shift like magic-lantern figures; more spectral than ever! The French Revolution\|Thomas Carlyle The man and the philosopher are but the clumsy machinery of the magic-lantern, the more kept out of view the better. Emily Bront\|A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson British Dictionary definitions for magic lantern magic lantern noun an early type of slide projectorSometimes shortened to: lantern Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to magic lantern overhead projector, projector, stereopticon
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magic lantern

noun

Origin of magic lantern

Words nearby magic lantern

Example sentences from the Web for magic lantern

British Dictionary definitions for magic lantern

noun

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