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Pronunciation : Cam"e*ra, n.; pl. E. Cameras
Part of Speech : L.
Etymology : [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Camerae.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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