Australian English Meaning of camera obscura

Camera obscura

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Definitions and Meaning of camera obscura in English

Wordnet

camera obscura (n)

a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface

Webster

camera obscura ()

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.

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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Camera obscura

a darkened enclosure in which images of outside objects are projected through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surfaceAn apparatus in which the images of

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camera lucida => Camera lucida, camera lens => Camera lens, camera care => camera care, camera angle => Camera angle, camera => Camera,