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Camera - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Camera : (noun)
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]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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, 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Camera |
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PhreshPrince9: #nevertrust girl who have whole photo albums of Camera phone pics w/ them n da bathroom mirror by theyself |
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sarahtuthill: If the Camera panned out right now, it would show Cohen pissing his pants on @maddow. |
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