camera obscura

camera ob·scu·ra

C0050000 (əb-skyo͝or′ə) n. A darkened chamber in which the real image of an object is received through a small opening or lens and focused in natural color onto a facing surface rather than recorded on a film or plate.

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[New Latin camera obscūra : Latin camera, chamber; see chamber + Latin obscūra, feminine of obscūrus, dark; see obscure.]

camera obscura

(ɒbˈskjʊərə) n (Art Terms) 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 [New Latin: dark chamber]

cam′era ob•scu′ra

(ɒbˈskyʊər ə)
n., pl. camera ob•scu•ras. 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. [1660–70; < New Latin: dark chamber]

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camera obscura - a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surfacechamber - a natural or artificial enclosed space