camera ob·scu·ra ( b-sky r )n. pl. camera ob·scu·ras 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. [New Latin camera obsc  ra : Latin camera, chamber + Latin obscra, feminine of obscrus, dark.] |
camera obscura [ɒbˈskjʊərə]
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / 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]
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| Noun | 1. |  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 |
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