3 definitions found 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]: camerae See {camera} 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)]
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