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MAGIC LANTERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does magic lantern mean?
• MAGIC LANTERN (noun)
The noun MAGIC LANTERN has 1 sense:
1. an early form of slide projector
Familiarity information: MAGIC LANTERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An early form of slide projector
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("magic lantern" is a kind of...):
slide projector (projector that projects an enlarged image of a slide onto a screen)
Context examples
I had a dim recollection of having seen her at the theatre, as if I had seen her in a pale magic lantern; but she appeared to remember me perfectly, and still to suspect me of being in a state of intoxication.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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