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单词 camera lucida
释义

camera lucida

[ loo-si-duh ]
/ ˈlu sɪ də /

noun

an optical instrument, often attached to the eyepiece of a microscope, by which the image of an external object is projected on a sheet of paper or the like for tracing.

Origin of camera lucida

1660–70; <New Latin: bright chamber; see camera1, lucid

Words nearby camera lucida

cameo ware, camera, cameral, cameralist, cameralistic, camera lucida, cameraman, camera obscura, cameraperson, camera phone, camera-ready
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Example sentences from the Web for camera lucida

  • Now remove the cap of the eye-piece, and fix the camera-lucida in its stead.

    Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various
  • Then came illustrations, which at first were camera-lucida drawings in pencil smoothed out with pen and ink.

    The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites|Percy Edward Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for camera lucida

camera lucida
/ (ˈluːsɪdə) /

noun

an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image

Word Origin for camera lucida

New Latin: light chamber
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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