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Camera obscura

Camera obscura Meaning & Definition
Camera obscura Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Camera obscura?

[n] 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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See Also | chamber

Camera obscura In Webster's Dictionary

\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. 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}.

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