lucida
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of lucida
First recorded in 1720–30; from New Latin, special use of Latin lūcida (stella) “bright (star),” feminine of lūcidus “bright, shining, lucid”; see origin at low 3
Example Sentences
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The visual trick may have been created by the artist’s use of a common optical viewing aid called a camera lucida.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
Precisely ground, the mirrors were able to start fires and project images onto flat surfaces, camera lucida fashion.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
These forms are rendered almost inextricable by a further cross, by no means rare, with our native S. lucida.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
By having a stage micrometer and camera lucida.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
Place a sheet of drawing paper directly under the camera lucida, sitting as shown in the illustration.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
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