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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CAMERA LUCIDA

New Latin: light chamber.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CAMERA LUCIDA

camera lucida  [ˈluːsɪdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAMERA LUCIDA

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Camera lucida is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAMERA LUCIDA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

camera lucida

Camera lucida

A camera lucida is an optical device used as a drawing aid by artists. The camera lucida performs an optical superimposition of the subject being viewed upon the surface upon which the artist is drawing. The artist sees both scene and drawing surface simultaneously, as in a photographic double exposure. This allows the artist to duplicate key points of the scene on the drawing surface, thus aiding in the accurate rendering of perspective.

Definition of camera lucida in the English dictionary

The definition of camera lucida in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAMERA LUCIDA


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bidder
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collider
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Cressida
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Ede
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Florida
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Grenada
ɡrɛˈneɪdə
Ida
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insider
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outsider
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provider
prəˈvaɪdə
reconsider
ˌriːkənˈsɪdə
reseda
ˈrɛsɪdə
rider
ˈraɪdə
sida
ˈsaɪdə
slider
ˈslaɪdə
spider
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trader
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAMERA LUCIDA

camera
camera crew
camera obscura
camera operator
camera phone
camera tube
camera-ready copy
camera-shy
cameral
cameraman
cameramen
cameraperson
cameraphone
camerated
cameration
camerawoman
camerawomen
camerawork
camerlengo
camerlingo

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAMERA LUCIDA

al-Qaida
Amida
asafoetida
Bethsaida
Bida
Blida
candida
corrida
Derrida
Dravida
gravida
Haida
Lleida
Oneida
Ouida
querida
Saida
spina bifida
the Oneida
zenaida

Synonyms and antonyms of camera lucida in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «camera lucida» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CAMERA LUCIDA

Find out the translation of camera lucida to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of camera lucida from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «camera lucida» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投影描绘器
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cámara lúcida
570 millions of speakers

English

camera lucida
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कैमरा ल्युसिडा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

غرفة صافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

камера Lucida
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

câmara clara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্যামেরা lucida
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

camera Lucida
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kamera lucida
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Camera Lucida
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カメラルシーダ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카메라 루시다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamera lucida
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

máy ảnh Lucida
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேமரா லுசிடா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅमेरा ल्यूसिडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kamera lucida
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camera lucida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

aparat Lucida
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

камера Lucida
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

camera lucida
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάμερα lucida
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kamera lucida
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kamera lucida
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kamera lucida
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of camera lucida

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMERA LUCIDA»

The term «camera lucida» is regularly used and occupies the 103.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CAMERA LUCIDA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about camera lucida

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMERA LUCIDA»

Discover the use of camera lucida in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to camera lucida and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
This groundbreaking approach established Camera Lucida as one of the most important books of theory on the subject, along with Susan Sontag’s On Photography.
Roland Barthes, 2010
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, the book becomes an exposition of his own mind.
Roland Barthes, 1993
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Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida: Essays in Honor of Annette ...
Annette Michelson’s contributions to art and film criticism over the last three decades have been unparalleled. This volume honors her unique legacy with original essays by some of the many scholars who have been influenced by her work.
Richard Allen, Annette Michelson, Malcolm Turvey, 2003
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Photography Degree Zero: Reflections on Roland Barthes's ...
An essential guide to an essential book, this first anthology on Camera Lucida offers critical perspectives on Barthes's influential text.
Geoffrey Batchen, 2011
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Black and Blue: The Bruising Passion of Camera Lucida, La ...
In an exploration of one book and three films, themes including loss, regret, violence, and history are discussed in terms of the feeling of the colors black and blue.
Carol Mavor, 2012
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The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
(a) Leica stereoscope with camera lucida. Photo courtesy of Leica Microsystems, Inc., Bannockburn, IL. (b) Drawing tube on Olympus SZX12 stereozoom microscope. Photo provided courtesy of Olympus America Inc. (c) Drawing tube on ...
Elaine R. S. Hodges, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (U.S.), 2003
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Cultures of Vision: Images, Media, and the Imaginary
Camera Lucida Barthes and Photography Photographs and Images: The Polaroid "One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon's youngest brother, Jerome, taken in 1852.. And I realised then, with an amazement I ...
Ron Burnett, 1995
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Alien Sex: The Body and Desire in Cinema and Theology
See also Lawrence Gowing, Vermeer, second edition (London: Faber, [1952] 1970). The camera obscura should not be confused with the camera lucida, that uses a prism to allow the artist to view his or her subject with one eye and the paper ...
Gerard Loughlin, 2008
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Feminine Look: Sexuation, Spectatorship, Subversion
ritics of Camera Lucida persistently overlook the role of the Lacanian Real in Barthes' account, claiming that toward the end of his life, Barthes betrayed the poststructuralist project by embracing an unre- constructed realism.7 John Tagg,  ...
Jennifer Friedlander, 2009
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Methods of Using the Microscope, Camera-Lucida and Solar ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Nathan Augustus Cobb, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAMERA LUCIDA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term camera lucida is used in the context of the following news items.
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Giant final wave of 2015 Fantasia festival films includes “ATTACK …
Camera Lucida will have its most daring opening to date with the world premiere of India's enfants terribles Q and Nikon's new film. The director ... «FANGORIA, Jul 15»
2
Q's Ludo finds place in fest that premiered Inglourious Basterds!
Ludo is being included in the Camera Lucida, one of the main competitions of the festival and will be screened on the opening day on July 14. «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Sunny Side up
TBI: There's a lot of technical innovation on show, from Camera Lucida's interactive documentary prototype project The Enemy (above) to a ... «TBI Vision, Jun 15»
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Trailer Premiere For Polanski-esque Australian Thriller OBSERVANCE
Among the first 2015 Camera Lucida selections to be announced, Observance promises to haunt your nightmares." Official synopsis: In the grip ... «TwitchFilm, Jun 15»
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Story of the eye by Patrick Aalk
In Camera Lucida, Roland Barthes wrote: “When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it ... «The Eye of Photography, Jun 15»
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Pioneer Works Opens a Tiny But Well Curated Bookstore
I flipped through a copy of Barthes' Camera Lucida and soaked up the trippy illustrations through a book on ayahuasca. As to be expected, the ... «Bedford + Bowery, Jun 15»
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Hicks Meet Slickers and a Mesopotamian Sage: Sybil Kempson's …
... The NEW American Machinists' Handbook, ancient Assyrian seals in The Morgan Library, Roland Barthes' Camera Lucida, Joseph Conrad, ... «Hyperallergic, May 15»
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How Do You Photograph A Memory?
But, even before the '90s, amateur photography was upheld by thinkers such as Barthe, whose Camera Lucida considers family photographs ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
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How to become a lighting designer
Camera Lucida at the Barbican, for which Marty Langthorne was lighting designer. Photograph: Richard Davenport. Marty Langthorne. «The Guardian, May 15»
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Senior Reflections
My academic background taught me to pick up a text like “Camera Lucida,” Roland Barthes' ode to the mysteries of photography and death, ... «NYU Washington Square News, May 15»

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