camera obscuranoun
/ˌkæm.rə əbˈskjʊə.rə//ˌkæm.rə əbˈskjʊr.ə/[ C ] a box, room, or device with a small hole that lets light through and shows an image on an opposite surface:
A leaf with a tiny hole is perhaps the most primitive form of pinhole camera, also called a camera obscura.
[ S or U ] the effect by which light shining through a small hole can show an image on an opposite surface:
There has long been an argument about whether Vermeer used the camera obscura to create his paintings.
the camera obscura effect
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- The tower itself is a local landmark and was once a camera obscura.
- He turned one of the museum's galleries into a camera obscura by blocking the windows and leaving one pinhole.
- Daguerre used the camera obscura to record topographical views of his dioramas.
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