ALL meanings of camera obscura
cam·era ob·scu·ra
C c - noun camera obscura a darkened chamber or small building in which images of outside objects are projected onto a flat surface by a convex lens in an aperture 3
- noun camera obscura a dark chamber with a lens or opening through which an image is projected in natural colors onto an opposite surface 3
- noun camera obscura 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. 1
- noun camera obscura A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface. 0