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Dec 4, 2009
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cam'era ob•scu'ra



Pronunciation: (ob-skyoor'u), [key]
a darkened boxlike device in which images of external objects, received through an aperture, as with a convex lens, are exhibited in their natural colors on a surface arranged to receive them: used for sketching, exhibition purposes, etc.

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