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Ames room

Ames room noun: a distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes.

Noun

Ames room (plural Ames rooms)

  1. A distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes.

Forms of Ames room

pluralAmes rooms

Origin of Ames room

Invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934.

Questions about Ames room

What does Ames room mean?
Ames room means a distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes.
What part of speech is Ames room?
Ames room is a noun.
What is the plural of Ames room?
The plural of Ames room is Ames rooms.

Words near Ames room in the dictionary

  1. Amerton
  2. Amertoy
  3. Amertoys
  4. Amery
  5. Ames
  6. Ames room
  7. Ames rooms
  8. Ames test
  9. Ames trapezoid
  10. Ames trapezoids
  11. Ames window

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