Cameras

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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}.
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     {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.
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