CAMERA LUCIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does camera lucida mean? 

• CAMERA LUCIDA (noun)
  The noun CAMERA LUCIDA has 1 sense:

1. an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it

  Familiarity information: CAMERA LUCIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMERA LUCIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("camera lucida" is a kind of...):

optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)

Holonyms ("camera lucida" is a part of...):

microscope (magnifier of the image of small objects)