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camera obscura

cam·er·a ob·scu·ra [ kàmmərə əb skyrə, kàmmərə ob skyrə ] (plural cam·er·a ob·scu·ras)


noun 
Definition:
 
room for projecting images of outdoors: a box or small darkened room into which an image of what is outside is projected using a small hole, and sometimes a simple lens, in one of the sides of the box or room

[Early 18th century. < Latin, "dark chamber"]
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