CAMERA

camera, photographic camera

(noun) equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Camera (plural Cameras)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Camera is the 26086th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 939 individuals. Camera is most common among White (84.03%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.03%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

camera (plural cameras)

A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.

(computer graphics, video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.

A vaulted room.

The judge's private chamber, where cases may be heard in camera.

Source: Wiktionary


Cam"e*ra, n.; pl. E. Cameras, L. Camerae. Etym: [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]

Definition: A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. Bellows camera. See under Bellows.

– In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera.

– Panoramic, or Pantascopic, camera, a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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