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Ames room
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English
thumb|A video of a man walking in an Ames room
Etymology
Invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934.
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.
en eponyms
en Rooms