camera lucida

[ loo-si-duh ]

/ ˈlu sɪ də /

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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.

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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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How to use camera lucida in a sentence

Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
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We also see her physically battling Sheriff Clark, but the camera focuses on her falling to the ground.
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The camera passes to each hostage in turn to allow them to plead with the Lebanese government to let them live.
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He subtly gestured toward the direction of the camera pointed at their house.
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We see photographs of him with his arm around Joan Jett, two punks mugging for the camera.
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A leather cased camera was suspended from his bull neck by means of a strap.
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He ran from the stamping mill, his camera bobbing from the strap around his neck and his tripod dragging behind him.
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In this vicinity are the Burnham beeches, made known almost everywhere by the camera and the brush of the artist.
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In fact, if we should peek in the back of the camera, and to do so would ruin the exposure, we could not even see it.
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Now if we could look inside the camera and the image were visible, we would see that it was upside down.
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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

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