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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.

Definition 2024


caméra

caméra

See also: camera, càmera, câmera, and cameră

French

Noun

caméra f (plural caméras)

  1. video camera

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (dark chamber), from Latin camera (chamber, bedchamber), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault).

Noun

caméra m (plural caméras)

  1. (Jersey, photography) camera

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