camera lucida

[ loo-si-duh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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.

camera lucida

/ ˈluːsɪdə /

an instrument attached to a microscope, etc to enable an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface to facilitate the sketching of the image

1660–70; < New Latin: bright chamber; camera ¹, lucid

New Latin: light chamber

The figures were outlined with camera lucida and drawn on the table, close to the base of the microscope, 100 mm.

The drawings were made with camera lucida and were reduced one-half in making the plates.

The corpuscles were measured by the ocular micrometer and checked by the aid of a camera lucida.

Other methods, which require the use of the camera lucida, are given in the Micrographic Dictionary.

Camera lucida drawing of a part of an aboral nerve showing position of cell areas.

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