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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

camera

camera

See also: caméra, càmera, câmera, and cameră

English

A camera.

Noun

camera ‎(plural cameras)

  1. A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
    • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
      The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. It’s therefore not surprising that most cameras mimic this arrangement.
  2. (video games) The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
    • 2003, Tom Meigs, Ultimate game design: building game worlds
      If you're building a third-person game with enclosed or tight spaces, try to figure out up front what camera problems you will likely encounter. Use this identification process to influence the early building process.
    • 2006, Patrick O'Luanaigh, Game Design Complete
      I'm talking about the way the camera flies up above the skater when you leap into the air. No one had done it before.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧me‧ra

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

camera f ‎(plural camera's, diminutive cameraatje n)

  1. camera

Derived terms

French

Verb

camera

  1. third-person singular simple future of camer

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.me.ra/

Noun

camera ‎(plural cameras)

  1. room, chamber

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Latin camera.

Noun

camera f ‎(plural camere)

  1. room; chamber (all senses)
  2. bedroom
  3. assembly, parliament
  4. camera (for taking moving pictures)

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Anagrams

Ladin

Noun

camera f ‎(plural cameres)

  1. chamber, room

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.me.ra/, [ˈka.mɛ.ra]

Noun

camera f ‎(genitive camerae); first declension

  1. A chamber in its various senses, including:
    1. A room, especially a vaulted room, a vault.
    2. A deliberative body.
Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative camera camerae
genitive camerae camerārum
dative camerae camerīs
accusative cameram camerās
ablative camerā camerīs
vocative camera camerae
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Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of camerō ‎(verb).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.me.raː/, [ˈka.mɛ.raː]

Verb

camerā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of camerō

Romanian

Noun

camera f

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of cameră.

Etymology

From New Latin camera obscura ‎(“dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera ‎(“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα ‎(kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).

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