camera lucida
[loo-si-duh]
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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
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Historical Examples of camera lucida
Now remove the cap of the eye-piece, and fix the camera-lucida in its stead.
Then came illustrations, which at first were camera-lucida drawings in pencil smoothed out with pen and ink.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of TrilobitesPercy Edward Raymond
camera lucida
noun
Word Origin for camera lucida
New Latin: light chamber
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