a: camera obscura b: a device that consists of a lightproof chamber with an aperture fitted with a lens and a shutter through which the image of an object is projected onto a surface for recording (as on film) or for translation into electrical impulses (as for television broadcast). â off camera. 1.
/seÂ·quesÂ·ter/ (se-kwesÂ´ter) 1. to detach or separate abnormally a small portion from the whole. See sequestration and sequestrum. 2. to isolate a constituent of a chemical system by chelation or other means.
transitive verb. 1 : to disconnect the pieces of will have to dismantle the engine; also : to destroy the integrity or functioning of The program was later dismantled due to a lack of funding. 2 : to strip of dress or covering : divest. 3 : to strip of furniture and equipment dismantled the ship before scrapping it.