dark chambern.

Brit.

/ˈdɑːk ˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S.

/ˈdɑrk ˌtʃeɪmbər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: dark adj., chamber n.

Etymology: < dark adj. + chamber n., after post-classical Latin camera obscura camera obscura n. Compare earlier darkroom n.

1. A camera obscura.

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1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 183 The pictures from objects are represented, answerable to the paper, or wall in the dark chamber.

1882 Photogr. News 23 June 365/2 The simplest system of micro-photography consists in applying a small dark chamber directly to the eye-piece of a microscope.

2002 I. P. Howard Seeing in Depth I. ii. 16/2 Alhazen described how an eclipse of the sun could be safely observed by looking at the image produced by a small hole in the wall of a dark chamber.

†2. Photography. A room from which all light is excluded except that provided by a safelight, used for developing photographs, plates, etc.; = darkroom n. 3. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > darkroom

darkroom1841

dark chamber1851

1851 Illustr. London News 17 May 425/1 Hitherto the plates have required to be prepared in a dark chamber.

1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears II. iv. 66 ‘Where is she?’ ‘In the dark chamber, doing a positive of the cathedral.’

1896 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 3 Aug. 7/1 In one corner of his Brooklyn studio there was a dark chamber devoted to the artist's labors in photography.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	dark chamber
释义	dark chambern. Brit. /ˈdɑːk ˌtʃeɪmbə/, U.S. /ˈdɑrk ˌtʃeɪmbər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: dark adj., chamber n. Etymology: < dark adj. + chamber n., after post-classical Latin camera obscura camera obscura n. Compare earlier darkroom n. 1. A camera obscura. ΚΠ 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 183 The pictures from objects are represented, answerable to the paper, or wall in the dark chamber. 1882 Photogr. News 23 June 365/2 The simplest system of micro-photography consists in applying a small dark chamber directly to the eye-piece of a microscope. 2002 I. P. Howard Seeing in Depth I. ii. 16/2 Alhazen described how an eclipse of the sun could be safely observed by looking at the image produced by a small hole in the wall of a dark chamber. †2. Photography. A room from which all light is excluded except that provided by a safelight, used for developing photographs, plates, etc.; = darkroom n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > processing and printing equipment > [noun] > darkroom darkroom1841 dark chamber1851 1851 Illustr. London News 17 May 425/1 Hitherto the plates have required to be prepared in a dark chamber. 1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears II. iv. 66 ‘Where is she?’ ‘In the dark chamber, doing a positive of the cathedral.’ 1896 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 3 Aug. 7/1 In one corner of his Brooklyn studio there was a dark chamber devoted to the artist's labors in photography. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1658
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