camera /kamˈ(ə-)rə/

1. The photographer's apparatus, for recording an image on a light-sensitive plate or film
2. The apparatus that receives the image of the scene and converts it into electrical impulses for transmission (TV)
3. (pl camˈerae /-ē/) a judge's private chamber
4. A legislative chamber
5. A vaulted room
6. The papal treasury
7. A cavity or chamber, esp in mollusc shells (biology)

camˈeral adjective

Of or relating to a judge's or a legislative chamber

camˈerāted adjective

1. Chambered
2. Vaulted

camerāˈtion noun

camera lucida /lūˈsid-ə/ noun

(L, light chamber) a device by which the image of the object under a microscope is made to appear by reflection on a piece of paper so that it may be viewed and drawn simultaneously

camˈeraman noun

A person who operates a television or film camera

camera obscura /ob-skūrˈə/ noun

(L, dark chamber) a dark chamber in which an image of outside objects is projected on a screen

camera phone or camˈphone noun

A mobile phone incorporating a camera, enabling the transmission of digital images

camera-ready copy noun (printing)

Finished text and/or illustrations ready for conversion to film from which printing plates will be made

camˈera-shy adjective (informal)

Not liking or unwilling to be photographed

camera tube noun

The transducer device in a television or video camera that converts an optical image of a scene into electrical signals

camˈerawork noun

The process or technique of filming or taking photographs

in camera

1. In a judge's private room
2. In secret
3. In private

on (or off) camera

(not) in the process of being filmed

to camera

(of a person) facing or addressing a TV or film camera

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