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camera obscura definition

camera ob·scura (əb skyo̵or′ə)

a dark chamber with a lens or opening through which an image is projected in natural colors onto an opposite surface

Etymology: ModL, lit., dark chamber < L: see camera & obscure

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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