Ames rooms

A form of Ames room — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Ames room
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Chicago

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