"camera obscura" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈka.mɛ.ra ɔpˈskuː.ra] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkaː.me.ra obˈskuː.ra] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: camera obscūra [canonical, feminine], camerae obscūrae [genitive]
Etymology: From Latin camera + obscūra (“dark chamber”), first used by Johannes Kepler in his 1604 treatise on optics, Ad Vitellionem paralipomena quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur. Etymology templates: {{der|la-new|la|camera + obscūra|t=dark chamber}} Latin camera + obscūra (“dark chamber”) Head templates: {{la-noun|camera<1> obscūra<1>}} camera obscūra f (genitive camerae obscūrae); first declension
  1. (New Latin) A darkened chamber in which the image of an outside object is projected and focused onto a surface. Wikipedia link: Johannes Kepler Tags: New-Latin, declension-1
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