Question: What is the meaning of the latin word camera obscura?

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question: What is the literal meaning of the latin word camera obscura?
short_answers: dark chamber
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question: What is the common photograpy meaning of the latin word camera obscura?
short_answers: pinhole image

Answer: The literal meaning of the Latin word camera obscura is "dark chamber," while its meaning in common photography is "pinhole image." Camera obscura is also the Latin name of the original device for projecting an image of external reality onto a flat surface. The modern photographic camera evolved from the camera obscura.