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camera

[ kam-er-uh, kam-ruh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
(in a television transmitting apparatus) the device in which the picture to be televised is formed before it is changed into electric impulses.

adjective

Printing. camera-ready.

camera

[ kam-er-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural camerae

a judge's private office.

camera

/ ˈkæmrə; ˈkæmərə /

noun

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
television the equipment used to convert the optical image of a scene into the corresponding electrical signals
See camera obscura
-��-əˌ��ː a judge's private room
in camera
1. law relating to a hearing from which members of the public are excluded
2. in private
off camera
not within an area being filmed
on camera
(esp of an actor) being filmed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of camera¹

First recorded in 1730–40; shortening of camera obscura ( def ); 1840-45 camera ¹fordef 1; utimately from Latin camera “vaulted room, vault”; see camera ²( def )

Origin of camera²

First recorded in 1630–40; for earlier sense “vaulted room,” from Latin, from Greek �첹��á�� “vault, vaulted room”; see chamber ( def )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of camera¹

C18: from Latin: vault, from Greek kamara

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

in camera,
1. Law. in the privacy of a judge's chambers.
2. privately.
off camera,
1. 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.
2. (of an actor) in one’s private rather than professional life:
  The two co-stars are best friends off camera.
on camera, being filmed or televised by a live camera:
Be sure to look alert when you are on camera.

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The police video, spliced together from officers’ body-worn cameras and surveillance footage, showed confusion in the moments leading up to the incident, which left Lauren, 51, hospitalized with a gunshot wound.

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As for what makes Imax 70mm so special, the film camera is generally considered the highest resolution motion picture camera ever developed.

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Referring to a very public bust-up between Zelensky and Trump at the White House in February, the mayor suggested that key issues between top politicians would be better discussed "without video cameras".

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At least that ridiculousness would match the revelation here that Chris funds an academy of brilliant neurodiverse children able to hack into any camera, computer or city streetlight.

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"My philosophy is buy as many things as you can off the shelf. So all our motors, batteries, computers, cameras, they're all commercially available, mass produced parts," he says.

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