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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Camera \Cam"e*ra\, n.; 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}.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  camera
       n 1: equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a
            lightproof box with a lens at one end and
            light-sensitive film at the other) [syn: {photographic
            camera}]
       2: television equipment consisting of a lens system that
          focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is
          scanned by an electron beam [syn: {television camera}, {tv
          camera}]
       [also: {camerae} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "camera":
     Iconoscope, Kodak, Photostat, SLR, X-ray machine, achromatic lens,
     aerial reconnaissance camera, astigmatic lens, astrograph,
     box camera, burning glass, camera obscura, candid camera,
     cinematograph, coated lens, color camera, concave lens,
     concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens, eyeglass, eyepiece,
     glass, hand lens, kinematograph, lens, magnifier, magnifying glass,
     meniscus, miniature camera, minicam, motion-picture camera,
     movie camera, object glass, objective, objective prism, ocular,
     photochronograph, photocopier, photomicroscope, photopitometer,
     portrait camera, precision camera, press camera, prism, reader,
     reading glass, reflex camera, spectroscopic camera, stereo camera,
     still camera, telephoto lens, television camera, toric lens,
     tripod camera, twin-lens reflex, varifocal lens,
     vest-pocket camera, zoom lens
  
  

















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