lanternprojector
nounUK /ˈlæntən prəˈdʒɛktə/
US /ˈlæntərn prəˈdʒɛktər/
A lantern projector is a machine that shines light through a picture to make a big image on a wall.
Grandpa showed us old slides with his lantern projector in the dark living room.
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2. An early device that used a lamp and lenses to cast painted or photographic images onto a surface.
The museum displayed a nineteenth-century lantern projector used in traveling shows.
3. A classroom tool for enlarging small pictures or diagrams so a whole class can see them.
The teacher used a lantern projector to show the map to everyone.
4. Any light-and-lens setup that throws a picture onto a screen for an audience.
They set up a lantern projector at the fair to show cartoons on a sheet.