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noun
An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A slide projector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
an early form of slide projector
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: slide projector
History
Calque of Latin lanterna magica.
Across languages
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