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Magic lantern

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An early light projector and precursor to the slide projector that could achieve simple animation by moving and merging images. historical

    ""You know how that trick was, don't you Dan?" said Bob, "it was a magic lantern.""

  2. 2
    an early form of slide projector wordnet
  3. 3
    A slide projector. dated

Etymology

Calque of Latin lanterna magica.

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