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CAMERAE
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
CAMERA
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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