"Ames room" meaning in All languages combined

See Ames room on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Ames rooms [plural]
Etymology: Invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ames room (plural Ames rooms)
  1. A distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes. Wikipedia link: Ames room Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-Ames_room-en-noun-gPmMiC-k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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