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Definitions for Camera

[1] a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
[2] (in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.
[3] Printing . camera-ready.
[4] off camera , out of the range of a video camera, as a television or motion picture camera: The stunt woman was waiting just off camera for her cue to enter the scene. (of an actor) in one’s private rather than professional life: The two co-stars are best friends off camera.
[5] on camera , being filmed or televised by a live camera: Be sure to look alert when you are on camera.
[6] a judge's private office.
[7] an optical device consisting of a lens system set in a light-proof construction inside which a light-sensitive film or plate can be positioned See also cine camera, digital camera
[8] television the equipment used to convert the optical image of a scene into the corresponding electrical signals
[9] See camera obscura
[10] plural -erae (-əˌriː ) a judge's private room
[11] in camera law relating to a hearing from which members of the public are excluded in private
[12] off camera not within an area being filmed
[13] on camera (esp of an actor) being filmed

Words related to Camera

camcorder, Polaroid, Kodak

Words nearby Camera

camembert, camenae, cameo, cameo glass, cameo ware, camera, camera lucida, camera obscura, camera phone, camera tube, camera-ready

Origin of Camera

21630–40; for earlier sense “vaulted room” < Latin < Greek kamára vault; see chamber

Word origin for Camera

C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

Synonyms for Camera

camcorder, Polaroid, 35mm, Kodak, video camera