camera
1[ kam-er-uh, kam-ruh ]
/ ˈkæm ər ə, ˈkæm rə /
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noun,
a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
(in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.
adjective
Printing. camera-ready.
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Idioms for camera
- out of the range of a video camera, as a television or motion picture camera: The stunt woman was waiting just off camera for her cue to enter the scene.
- (of an actor) in one’s private rather than professional life: The two co-stars are best friends off camera.
off camera,
on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera: Be sure to look alert when you are on camera.
Origin of camera
11730–35; shortening of camera obscura; 1840-45 for def. 1; utimately <Latin camera vaulted room, vault; see camera2
Words nearby camera
Camembert, Camenae, cameo, cameo glass, cameo ware, camera, cameral, cameralist, cameralistic, camera lucida, cameraman
Definition for camera (2 of 2)
camera2
[ kam-er-uh ]
/ ˈkæm ər ə /
noun, plural cam·er·ae [kam-uh-ree]. /ˈkæm ə ri/.
a judge's private office.
Origin of camera
21630–40; for earlier sense “vaulted room” <Latin <Greek kamára vault; see chamber
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British Dictionary definitions for camera
camera
/ (ˈkæmərə, ˈkæmrə) /
noun
Word Origin for camera
C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara
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Medical definitions for camera
camera
[ kăm′ər-ə, kăm′rə ]
n. pl. cam•er•ae (-ə-rē)
A chamber or cavity, such as one of the chambers of the heart or eye.
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