camera lucida: Meaning and Definition of

cam'era lu'ci•da

Pronunciation: (l'si-du), [key]
  1. an optical instrument, often attached to the eyepiece of a microscope, by which the image of an external object is projected on a sheet of paper or the like for tracing.
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