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cam·era \ˈkam(ə)rə, ˈkaamrə\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Late Latin, chamber, room — more at chamber 1. plural also camer·ae \ˈkaməˌrē, -ī\ : a chamber, room, or small hall: as a. : a room having a vaulted or domical ceiling b. : a judge's chamber 2. : the treasury department of the papal curia 3. a. [New Latin, by shortening] : camera obscura b. : a lightproof box fitted with a lens through the aperture of which the image of an object is recorded on a light-sensitive material c. : the part of a television transmitting apparatus in which the image to be televised is formed for conversion into electrical impulses • - in camera - on camera |