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Camera Obscura عين الكاميرة المظلمة Box Room Device

W camera obscura
meaning عين الكاميرة المظلمة
def a box, room, or device with a small hole that lets light through and shows an image on an opposite surface:
eg1 In 1777 the windmill burnt out in a storm, and the building was converted into the observatory, which houses a camera obscura.
eg2 He was the first to propose the idea of a portable camera obscura, which purportedly was to be used to help create artistic topographical drawings.
pos noun

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