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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
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)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- caméra digital (“digital camera”)