Ames room
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934.
Noun[edit]
Ames room (plural Ames rooms)
- 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.