camera obscura

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English

Etymology

From Latin camera obscūra (literally “dark chamber”); compare camera.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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camera obscura (plural camerae obscurae or camera obscuras)

  1. A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface.

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