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Webster 1913 Edition
Camera
Cam′e-ra
,Noun.
pl. E.
Cameras
(#)
, L. Camerae
(#)
. [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See
Chamber
.] 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 camera
, 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.