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camera lucida
[ loo-si-duh ]
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.
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of camera lucida1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of camera lucida1
New Latin: light chamber
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Example Sentences
The figures were outlined with camera lucida and drawn on the table, close to the base of the microscope, 100 mm.
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The drawings were made with camera lucida and were reduced one-half in making the plates.
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The corpuscles were measured by the ocular micrometer and checked by the aid of a camera lucida.
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Other methods, which require the use of the camera lucida, are given in the Micrographic Dictionary.
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Camera lucida drawing of a part of an aboral nerve showing position of cell areas.
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