Meanings
nounlantern slide (plural lantern slides)
plural lantern slides
- A slide projected by a magic lantern, an early slide projector.
A large number of interesting lantern slides was shown in conjunction with the lecture.
1939 June, “Items of Interest: Forty Years in Retrospect”, in Railway Magazine, page 467
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
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Translations
Irish sleamhnán laindéir
- sleamhnán laindéirslide projected by a magic lantern
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